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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Set the character set for the page.

not sure what to do here.

index.html
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
  </head>
  <body>
     </body>
</html> 

2 Answers

Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points

Hi there,

All you have to do is place this below code in the <head> tag.

<meta charset="utf-8">

Happy Coding!

Jennifer Nordell
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STAFF
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Your character set should always be in a meta tag and meta tags are kept inside the head element. Take a look at the line you need. I'll leave the placement up to you :thumbsup:

<meta charset="utf-8">