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John Meredith
4,962 Pointswhy isn't code working
<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <meta charset=”utf-8”> <title>John | designer</title> </head> <body> <h1>John</h1> </body> </html>
say meta charset is wrong
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=”utf-8”>
<title>John | designer</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>John</h1>
</body>
</html>
2 Answers
Samuel Webb
25,370 PointsThere's an issue with your quotation marks. They look different than mine do so they must be registering as different keys or something. I'll show you the way they both look and you'll be able to see the difference. Copy/paste my meta line into your code and it'll work fine. Don't worry, your code was correct.
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta charset=”utf-8”>
The top line is mine and the bottom line is yours.
John Meredith
4,962 PointsI retyped quotes and now it works thanks not sure what happened.
Samuel Webb
25,370 PointsNo problem. Glad to help.
Colin Bell
29,679 PointsDid you happen to copy and paste the original code from Word (or another type of word processor) instead of a text editor? Word automatically changes the standard double quotation to a smart quote. It makes it more legible for people, but isn't recognized as a quote by the HTML tokenizer.