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• michiel
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 06, 2008 - 03:14 AM

  Hi
  I edited some PHP en HTM file of my theme (BlankTheme) and the module Formicula with notepad and later on with Microsoft expression web
  Now every file renderd in Zikula/php shows  at the top ( strange markings)
  When i open the file in NotePad I don't see the markings
  I looked on the net, nobody has a answer. I edited the same files before with no problems.
  
  See http://micware.nl/zi…hp?module=formicula
  
  Only thing I find on the net is, it could have something to do with UTF-8.
  
  Anybody know how to fix this?
  

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• uheweb
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 06, 2008 - 04:20 AM

  When I select UTF-8 encoding on Firefox, the symbols disappear
  
  I'd assume the file is saved in UTF-8 format, but your meta states: charset=ISO-8859-1
  
  Just re-edit the file, and save as ISO or ASCII. Download and use Notepad2 or Notepad+ , you can choose which encoding to save the files under.
  
  Notepad itself doesn't show UTF characters that aren't in the ASCII/ISO character sets, sometimes I use it to clean non-printing characters quickly just for this reason - ie, copy, paste into notepad, copy back into whatever, all characters are now printable.
  

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• hilope
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 06, 2008 - 12:25 PM

  Important! That's a special flag for UTF-8. Not every editor shows them - but they make a lot of problems in Zikula. I found them in the Formicula language fils. So please check all the lang files.
  
  Open in Windows notepad and delete the first characters (why am i recommending windows tools ... ;) ) and save them.
  
  
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• michiel
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 08, 2008 - 11:55 PM

  Hi,
  Thx for all the response, I tried some of the suggestions , but no luck jet.
  
  http://micware.nl/zikula/index.php?module=Formicula
  
  I?m unable to remove the UTF-8 code ,
  I used notepad and notepad2, used safe as? to safe the file under a different name and replaced the original file on my webshare (NTFS W2K3), still de code, there is no editor that makes this coded visible,
  If I select UTF-8 in IE7 or FF3, the code is gone!
  
  Maybe I edit the wrong file, I uses Firebug, but it?s not clear what file(s) is the problem
  
  Has anybody some more tips or advice
  Thx in advance
  

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• AmmoDump
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 09, 2008 - 07:56 AM

  Clear out all your compiled and cached templates.
  
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  David Pahl
  Zikula Support Team

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• Digitalmeister1867
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 09, 2008 - 05:28 PM

  Hmmm... I had the same problem before at work. As I recall we were using MS Web Expressions. This isn't always the case, FrontPage and Notepad have had the same affect.
  
  It's been a while but I believe what I had to do at the time was delete the first character at the beginning of the file and then type it back in. I remember someone recommending that I load the file into a UNIX/Linux system and then save it from there... kind of hard to do in a Windows only environment (unless you have a VM handy).
  
  Nice site though :)
  
  

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• uheweb
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 10, 2008 - 01:43 AM

  Using notepad2, open the file.
  
  Go to File->Encoding
  
  See what its set to now,
  
  Then select ANSI if not selected.
  
  You can also select View - > Show Whitespace and other selections to better see the underlying non-visible characters if there are any.

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• michiel
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 10, 2008 - 03:34 AM

  YES,
  
  Used Notepad2, Scanned throe all the files manual.
  Found the problem files and was able the fix the problem
  
  Thx again
  

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