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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Michael Brennan
Michael Brennan
6,128 Points
Posted by Michael Brennan
Michael Brennan
6,128 Points

wHAT AM I DOING WRONG!!!! i HAVE SET THE CHARSET = UTF-8 IN THE META TAG

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset= "UTF-8"> <title>Mike Brennan | Designer</title> </head> <body>

</body> </html>

1 Answer

Kay Ouchida
Kay Ouchida
10,480 Points
Kay Ouchida
Kay Ouchida
10,480 Points

Delete that "-" you have between the F and 8.

```<meta charset="utf8">

Michael Brennan
Michael Brennan
6,128 Points
Michael Brennan
Michael Brennan
6,128 Points

Thanks for answering but that wasn't the problem, for some reason the workspace didnt like the space between the equals sign and the "" so when I did this <meta charset="utf-8"> it worked