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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by David Goldenberg
David Goldenberg
159 Points

I don't know what's wrong with my <meta charset= "utf-8">?

I don't know what's wrong with my <meta charset= "utf-8">?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset= "utf-8">
  </head>
  <body></body>

</html>

1 Answer

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,603 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,603 Points

Hey David,

the problem here is the space before the quote.

It should work like this:

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
  </head>
  <body></body>

</html>