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1,516 PointsTask not working
I keep getting an error when adding <meta charset = "utf-8">
it is exactly written as shown in the previous video and I have it compiling and working on a website
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset = "utf-8">
</head>
<body></body>
</html>
2 Answers
Dana Al Taher
Courses Plus Student 9,499 PointsTry removing the spaces between charset, the equal sign and the value of the attribute ("utf-8") so that it becomes like this:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
</head>
</html>
I tried it both ways (with spaces and without) and this worked.
Edwin Cummins
1,516 PointsThat did the trick! Thanks so much