Missing Charset

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Missing charset

Element Code: IN-051

Quick Reference

Issue: No charset declaration

Impact: Encoding issues

Fix: Add charset

Detection: HTML check

What Is This Issue?

Charset declares character encoding.

Why This Matters

May display incorrectly.

How to Fix

  1. Add meta charset

Tools

  • HTML check: Charset

TL;DR

Add charset declaration.

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