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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Eli Cohen
Eli Cohen
329 Points

no clue what I am doing wrong

I am doing front-end wed devel and keep getting Bummer! Remember to add a char.acter set attribute for your meta tag. I have no clue why

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charsest="utf-8"> <title> </title> </head>

Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points
Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points

Can you please add ``` around your code so we can fully see it?

Thanks!

4 Answers

Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points
Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
  </head>
  <body>
  </body>

</html>
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

setting the character set in html looks like this

<meta charset="UTF-8">

In that example UTF-8 is the default character set for HTML5, and will likely be the one you'll want. It's a safe default. If it needs to be different, you'll likely understand and know why.

Cody Sheets
Cody Sheets
7,198 Points
Cody Sheets
Cody Sheets
7,198 Points

I got stuck on this one too lol.

The secret to continue is

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
</head>
Cody Sheets
Cody Sheets
7,198 Points

Basically, it wants all caps.

Eric Flowers
Eric Flowers
9,472 Points
Eric Flowers
Eric Flowers
9,472 Points 
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>

<!DOCTYPE html> tells the browser what type of document it's reading. Using that meta tag declares what encoding you'd like to use.