Head Tag

[vik_pa]

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">

[pyro]

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.

[vik_pa]

so do i need it or not??

[pyro]

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 validate (http://validator.w3.org) your pages, which you should be doing...