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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Nicole Koch
Nicole Koch
1,951 Points
Posted by Nicole Koch
Nicole Koch
1,951 Points

Character Set Attribute

I try to add a character set attribute by adding < meta charset="utf-8"> in between <head> </head> but it doesn't work. How do I do this?

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









</html>

1 Answer

Jason D'Angelo
Jason D'Angelo
6,592 Points
Jason D'Angelo
Jason D'Angelo
6,592 Points

Hi Nicole, Try using utf in all caps like this <meta charset="UTF-8"> Hope it helps!