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Document Encoding
UTF-8
UTF-8 (8-bit UCS/Unicode Transformation Format) is a variable-length character encoding for Unicode. It is the preferred encoding for web pages.
Document Standards
Meta Description
The description attribute provides a concise explanation of the page content.
Cascading Style Sheets
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a stylesheet language used to describe the presentation of a document written in a markup language. Its most common application is to style web pages written in HTML
HTML5 DocType
The DOCTYPE is a required preamble for HTML5 websites.
HTML 5 Specific Tags
This page contains tags that are specific to an HTML 5 implementation.
Content Security Policy
Content Security Policy is a computer security concept, to prevent cross-site scripting XSS attacks.
Content Type Options
Used to disable MIME-sniffing for a particular HTTP response.
Strict Transport Security
The HTTP Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS) header instructs the browser to only use https.
Mobile
Apple Mobile Web Clips Icon
This page contains an icon for iPhone, iPad and iTouch devices.
SSL Certificates
HSTS
Forces browsers to only communicate with the site using HTTPS.