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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Marion C
Marion C
Courses Plus Student 615 Points

what do you mean by character of the page?

i want to know how to set acharacter

index.html 
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head></head>
  <body>
  </body>
</html>
Bryan Manhollan
Bryan Manhollan
Courses Plus Student 9,608 Points
Bryan Manhollan
Bryan Manhollan
Courses Plus Student 9,608 Points

Whats the exact wording of the question you're having issues with?

1 Answer

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

It's asking you to set the character set for the page, which is done like this in the 

```html
<meta charset="utf-8">

Truth be told, I always set it to this, as it's standard. I can't tell you why you would ever set the character set to anything else, but I bet if you could explain why you would also know when to use something different. I should know more about this, I just don't.