I was having an issue with the english file getting jumbled

so I added this to the english file

server_default_charset = ISO-8859-1

seems to have solved the problems

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Hello

server_default_charset = ISO-8859-1

seems to have solved the problems

That could cause problems. The Forum script, the database and the database connections are handled in UTF-8. ISO-8859-1 is a (small) part of UTF-8, but with the first special chars (like umlauts) you'll have your first problem.

Did you change the language file and saved it in ISO-8859-1? If that is the case, use a editor programm that is able to save the files in UTF-8[1]. Then you have no jumbling in the chars.

[1] Editors under Linux are generally able to save with UTF-8, under Windows you could use notepad++ for example.

Tschö, Auge

Hi Auge,

That could cause problems. The Forum script, the database and the database connections are handled in UTF-8. ISO-8859-1 is a (small) part of UTF-8, but with the first special chars (like umlauts) you'll have your first problem.

server_default_charset was used until version 2.0 RC 2 to properly convert date strings into UTF-8. This is necessary, because locale doesn't return UTF-8[1] (from 2.0 RC 3 on it is recognized automatically).
It has nothing to do with the charset used by the forum.

[1] e.g. de_DE.UTF-8 does but I'm not sure how widely spread it is yet.

Alex

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I use notepad or WordPad, an example of what was happening-
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language = encharset = utf-8locale = enlocale = en_EN@eurolocale = engdir = ltrtime_format = <font size=1>%b/%d/%Y at %I:%M%p</font>time_format_full = %b/%d/%Y at %I:%M%pdate_format = %d.%m.%Yrss_time_format = %a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000unknown_user = unknowndb_error = Database error!mail_error = Mail server not available - please try again later![
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after installing-> server_default_charset = ISO-8859-1
the code stayed in line
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language = en
charset = UTF-8
server_default_charset = ISO-8859-1
locale = en
locale = en_EN@euro
locale = eng
time_format = %b/%d/%Y at %I:%M%p
time_format_full = %A, %B %d, %Y, %I:%M
date_format = %d.%m.%Y
rss_time_format = %a, %d %b %Y %I:%M:%S GMT
unknown_user = unknown
db_error = Database error!
mail_error = Mail server not available - please try again later!
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Don't get me wrong I'm no script writer, I can only try what I have done in the past and this on the server Im am using seems to have worked.

Hello

I use notepad or WordPad

Not the best choice (WordPad is a basic text processor, notepad saves UTF-8 only with BOM wich can cause issues with PHP scripting for example), but when it is working ...

Don't get me wrong I'm no script writer, I can only try what I have done in the past and this on the server Im am using seems to have worked.

Alex told me (or us), that the charset will be converted automatically with actual versions of the script, so I was wrong.

Tschö, Auge

I need to make a few more changes but for the most part this is it

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Hello

I need to make a few more changes but for the most part this is it

Are you asking us to be aware of something? I see a MSIE, maximal the version: 6 (that at a time when you can have MSIE 8 for Win XP (and following Windows version(s)) and I see the head with a gun wich takes much space in height. :-)