The simplest HTML encoding problem that need some help

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by DavidAusman, Oct 27, 2005.

  1. #1
    Hi all
    I had encounter a problem. This is about HTML doc encoding. It is very simple but had keep me one whole day without a solution. Probably I had missed out something that I had not realize. If anyone know at least a basic HTML knowledge, please share you thought with me.

    I had build a web based panel which allow user to subscribe news to reuters, internet.com and so on. It use RSS feed. So, when user had confirm the subscription, the system will shows the news feed accordingly.

    The problem is:
    Whenever I show the news feed, it turns out to have a special character appear right at the top of the news. I had try to change the doc encoding to UTF-8 and ISO-8895-1 and still getting this special character. Does anyone has any idea on how to get rid of this?
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    login: http://www.hotwebtools.com/login.php
    user: tes2
    pass: b
    **please do not add or remove anything from the testing panel.
    Thanks
     
    DavidAusman, Oct 27, 2005 IP
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    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    1. I think you're asking for trouble posting that login info in a public forum

    2. I do0n't understand the question: where am I supposed to see these special characters? I don't see any...
     
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    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    Try this:

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
    Code (markup):
     
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  4. DavidAusman

    DavidAusman Peon

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    It is the testing panel, it is ok, I can delete it anytime.
    The special character is shown right above the word 'Reuters Technology'.

    # Reuters: Technology - Read More

    **Did you see something like this, or probably something wrong with my browser?
    Thanks
     
    DavidAusman, Oct 28, 2005 IP
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    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    I can see it. Are you displaying the description from the feed? If so it may have some european chars in there that need to be stripped out
     
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    Oh. I did see that. I thought it was some sort of smiley face...
     
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    No I did not show the descriptions as the page will be too long if someone subscribe to 4 RSS.

    I had also tried to change to ISO-8859-1 which usually can get rid of european chars. But the funny thing is, whatever encoding I try, it still appear right on top of the RSS feed :(
     
    DavidAusman, Oct 28, 2005 IP