"/>" is not necessary to close the meta tag. <meta charset="utf-8">
Maybe this solve the problem. Gregorio Espadas gespadas.com @gespadas On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Tom Livingston <tom...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In an attempt to begin "using HTML5", I am getting this error: > > Line 12, Column 21: A charset attribute on a meta element found after > the first 512 bytes. > > <meta charset="UTF-8"/> > > > Can anyone tell me why? > > -- > > Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | > ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************