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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Josh Calkins
Josh Calkins
3,623 Points

How do I set the character set type for a page? Isn't it just <meta charset+"utf-8"> ?

I'm typing that and getting an error response

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
  <meta charset+"utf-8">
  </head>
  <body></body>
</html>
James Wilson
James Wilson
1,678 Points

<meta charset="utf-8">

1 Answer

Christopher Loyd
Christopher Loyd
Courses Plus Student 5,806 Points 
<meta charset="UTF-8">

Your + sign should be an = sign.

James Wilson
James Wilson
1,678 Points

lower case utf

Christopher Loyd
Christopher Loyd
Courses Plus Student 5,806 Points

James, while both UTF-8 and utf-8 are accepted values for the charset in HTML, it should be noted that UTF-8 is preferred as if you ever work with XML, capitalizing the UTF-8 value is standards-compliant.