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Jul 30.2003

What does this line mean and is it definetly required within a html page, as my pages appear to be working fine without it, however I have not put my site up on the net yet:

<meta http-equiv=”Content-Type” content=”text/html; charset=iso-8859-1″>

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@pyroJul 30.2003 — It is used to tell the browser which character set you are using. If you live in the US, then that would be the correct charset.
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@vik_paauthorJul 30.2003 — so do i need it or not??
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@pyroJul 30.2003 — I don't believe it is technically required, but I could certainly be wrong. Either way, it should definitly be included on each page, as it is required before you are able to [URL=http://validator.w3.org]validate[/URL] your pages, which you should be doing...
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