Character
3 posts by 2 authors in: Forums > CMS Builder
Last Post: April 13, 2008 (RSS)
By webshack - April 12, 2008
Every time I update the content on a page using the wysiwyg, it throws in extra "Â" characters throughout the page. It is doing this on my client's pages, too. I know the cause is extra spaces in the text, but the frustrating thing is that the spaces aren't there when I enter the content - it seems the wysiwyg editor is adding them. Is there a way to prevent these  characters from showing up?
Re: [webshack] Â Character
By Dave - April 13, 2008
Hi webshack,
So are the extra characters on the website pages or in the editor? If they're on the website pages the common cause is different charsets. Make sure you're viewer pages have this meta tag in the head of the html:
In most cases that will fix it. If it doesn't your web host may be sending it's own charset value, so try adding this as the very first thing in the page (before any spaces even):
Let me know if that fixes it.
So are the extra characters on the website pages or in the editor? If they're on the website pages the common cause is different charsets. Make sure you're viewer pages have this meta tag in the head of the html:
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" />In most cases that will fix it. If it doesn't your web host may be sending it's own charset value, so try adding this as the very first thing in the page (before any spaces even):
<?php ini_set('default_charset', 'utf-8'); ?>Let me know if that fixes it.
Dave Edis - Senior Developer
interactivetools.com
interactivetools.com
Re: [Dave] Â Character
By webshack - April 13, 2008
THANK YOU! The extra characters were in the website pages, so I changed the charset to UTF-8 and it worked! I appreciate your help.
Joy
Joy