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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Kairo Laryea
Kairo Laryea
456 Points

what is a character

what do i write for the character code challenge

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

1 Answer

Matthew Bissonnette
Matthew Bissonnette
3,730 Points
Matthew Bissonnette
Matthew Bissonnette
3,730 Points

Hello Kairo,

You need to add in the character set, which is utf-8, in between your head tags. This allows your browser to display your html page correctly.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8" />
</head>
  <body></body>
</html>
Kairo Laryea
Kairo Laryea
456 Points

i get it thanks matthew