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Start your free trialMarion C
Courses Plus Student 615 Pointswhat do you mean by character of the page?
i want to know how to set acharacter
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsIt's asking you to set the character set for the page, which is done like this in the
```html
<meta charset="utf-8">
Truth be told, I always set it to this, as it's standard. I can't tell you why you would ever set the character set to anything else, but I bet if you could explain why you would also know when to use something different. I should know more about this, I just don't.
Bryan Manhollan
Courses Plus Student 9,957 PointsBryan Manhollan
Courses Plus Student 9,957 PointsWhats the exact wording of the question you're having issues with?