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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Failing to recognize my code properly?

Error Message: Remember to add a character set attribute for your meta tag.

I typed <meta charset = "utf-8">

I do not see what is wrong with it

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


</html> 

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

You need to remove the spaces around the equals sign. Try this line:

<meta charset="utf-8">