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charset UTF-8
Just got Gossamer links. Version 3.0.4.
If you enter non-latin letters in the front end, you're fine. If, however, you enter non latin letters via the admin, the result is dependent on the browser at the user's end. Nowhere in the admin side is there a charset style specified. The result is obviously disastrous for anyone dealing in foreign languages. Did we miss something?
Thanks.
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Actually, my tech says that even through the front end he can't get non latin text to work. So basically, without UTF-8, the directory is only useable in latin charsets? hmm.
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I have 10 languages running in GLinks and they are displayed correctly. They do not display correctly where escape_html is placed in the tag.
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Does that include languages like arabic, chinese, etc... (non latins)?
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I have 10 languages running in GLinks and they are displayed correctly. They do not display correctly where escape_html is placed in the tag.
My sysadmin is wondering which 'tag'? Blush
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[Giray is my boss ;)]
In the front-end, I put
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<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
so there is no problem. My problem is in the admin side, the charset is not defined; and for example, if I want to create a category in japanese, I can, but I had to tell to my broswer to switch manualy to UTF-8, if not, i have "???" instead my text.

(sorry for this "english" !)

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fabriceg: Jul 7, 2005, 8:28 AM
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In my Japanese section, I am using:
<meta http-equiv=content-type content="text/html; charset=shift_jis">
<meta http-equiv="content-language" content="ja" />


it was easy to add the meta tags in the template include_common_head.html and then it is displayed in all pages.
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In my Japanese section, I am using:
<meta http-equiv=content-type content="text/html; charset=shift_jis">
<meta http-equiv="content-language" content="ja" />


it was easy to add the meta tags in the template include_common_head.html and then it is displayed in all pages.
Yes, but in the admin-side ?

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I see what you mean, it looks you would have to alter every template?
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I see what you mean, it looks you would have to alter every template?
hum yes, in the admin-side. It would be really great if we could choose somewhere in the admin wich charset we want to use. Tell me if I am wrong, if I change headers in admin, the next update will cause lost of my changes Unsure

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GT, how about setting up the admin templates so they can be edited- but separate from the user side templates?

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Tell me if I am wrong, if I change headers in admin, the next update will cause lost of my changes
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Sorry, but what do you mean by "setting up the admin templates" ?

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I was asking GossamerThreads if they could set up the admin templates so that we could edit them- or at least essential templates like those including the header in a way that they would not be changed by the updates..
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hum, "Novice" Wink

Sorry ^_^

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