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338 PointsSays to add "meta tag," but tag is already there
Does anyone spot the problem?
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head></head>
<meta charset=
<body></body>
</html>
Joshua Sander
338 PointsIt also gave me an error when I completed the line as: <meta charset="utf-8">
3 Answers
Pete Cass
16,656 PointsYou need to give a value to charset and close the tag
<meta charset = "utf-8">
Saskia Lund
5,673 PointsRemove the spaces between the equal sign and the word charset as well as between the equal sign and the value.
<meta charset="utf-8">
Good luck!
Saskia
Tim Knight
28,888 PointsIn addition to the other comments of completing the meta tag with:
<meta charset="UTF-8">
You need to make sure that meta tag is specified within the head
and not the body
.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
Joshua Sander
338 PointsJoshua Sander
338 PointsIt also gave me an error when I completed the line as: <meta charset="utf-8">