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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Julia Quirk
Julia Quirk
1,443 Points

set the character set for the page

Hi! I am trying to set the character set for the page (see below) and it does not seem to be working. What have I done wrong?! Thank you :)

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" </head> <body></body> </html>

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8"
  </head>
  <body></body>
 </html>

2 Answers

John Steer-Fowler
PLUS
John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 Points
John Steer-Fowler
John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 Points

Hi Julia,

It seems that you have not closed your meta tag when defining the character set for the page.

Try closing the tag with a closing angle bracket and it should work fine.

Hope this helps, keep up the good work!

Julia Quirk
Julia Quirk
1,443 Points

Thank you :) As soon as I posted the question i realised my mistake. Cheers for your help

Gunhoo Yoon
Gunhoo Yoon
5,027 Points
Gunhoo Yoon
Gunhoo Yoon
5,027 Points

Problem

<meta charset="utf-8"

Each tag must end with '>' character.

Julia Quirk
Julia Quirk
1,443 Points

Thank you! I realised my mistake. Cheers