removing character breaks in a web page

KimW · 09-12-2009, 11:47 AM

I just inserted some text on a web page and after publishing it I see it has a bunch of little boxes in the text. These are character breaks I think? Not sure what they are called, but I can't figure out how to remove them.
Any help?

iBBnet · 09-14-2009, 12:01 AM

Try cutting and pasting the code into Notepad on your local computer. Sometimes, this fixes unwanted characters. It doesn't always work though... but hopefully in your case...

mywebwork · 09-14-2009, 08:32 PM

Paste the text into a text editor - Notepad will do the trick in this case, you can also use a more featured editor like UltraEdit or PS Pad.

Highlight and copy one of the "boxes", it may appear as another character in your editor but you should be able to identify it. Use the Search & Replace function to replace every instance of the "boxes" with nothing (i.e. leave the "replace" field blank).

Another thing to look out for are single and double quotes - Word and other Rich Text editors often use opening and closing quotes. These usually translate into a question mark when you post them directly on the web.

In future pass your text from Word into Notepad first before you paste it, it can save a lot of grief!

Bill

VisualWebEffects · 09-14-2009, 08:39 PM

like mywebwork mentioned, in notepad or similar copy the boxes and when you open the search replace dialog in the replace field hit your space bar once. this way you will not have to go back and do all the word spacing after words.

KimW · 09-16-2009, 10:42 AM

Anyone willing to fix this for me for a small fee?

lisag · 09-19-2009, 10:59 PM

PM me your link and I'll take a look for oyu.

warrich · 09-22-2009, 01:29 PM

hmm that is encoding problem try utf-8

09-12-2009, 11:47 AM	#1
KimW Cranky Old Man War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Virginia,USA. Posts: 1,253 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 2,079 Thanked 2,001 Times in 1,139 Posts Social Networking	removing character breaks in a web page I just inserted some text on a web page and after publishing it I see it has a bunch of little boxes in the text. These are character breaks I think? Not sure what they are called, but I can't figure out how to remove them. Any help?
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09-14-2009, 12:01 AM	#2
iBBnet Freelance Warrior Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA Posts: 235 Thanks: 1 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts Social Networking	Re: removing character breaks in a web page Try cutting and pasting the code into Notepad on your local computer. Sometimes, this fixes unwanted characters. It doesn't always work though... but hopefully in your case...
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09-14-2009, 08:32 PM	#3
mywebwork Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA & Montreal Canada Posts: 2,218 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 759 Thanked 724 Times in 505 Posts	Re: removing character breaks in a web page Paste the text into a text editor - Notepad will do the trick in this case, you can also use a more featured editor like UltraEdit or PS Pad. Highlight and copy one of the "boxes", it may appear as another character in your editor but you should be able to identify it. Use the Search & Replace function to replace every instance of the "boxes" with nothing (i.e. leave the "replace" field blank). Another thing to look out for are single and double quotes - Word and other Rich Text editors often use opening and closing quotes. These usually translate into a question mark when you post them directly on the web. In future pass your text from Word into Notepad first before you paste it, it can save a lot of grief! Bill

09-14-2009, 08:39 PM	#4
VisualWebEffects HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 137 Thanks: 4 Thanked 35 Times in 18 Posts Contact Info	Re: removing character breaks in a web page like mywebwork mentioned, in notepad or similar copy the boxes and when you open the search replace dialog in the replace field hit your space bar once. this way you will not have to go back and do all the word spacing after words.
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09-16-2009, 10:42 AM	#5
KimW Cranky Old Man War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Virginia,USA. Posts: 1,253 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 2,079 Thanked 2,001 Times in 1,139 Posts Social Networking	Re: removing character breaks in a web page Anyone willing to fix this for me for a small fee?
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09-19-2009, 10:59 PM	#6
lisag Lisa Dozois War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Florida, USA. Posts: 612 Thanks: 85 Thanked 221 Times in 110 Posts Social Networking	Re: removing character breaks in a web page PM me your link and I'll take a look for oyu.
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09-22-2009, 01:29 PM	#7
warrich Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 653 Thanks: 2 Thanked 27 Times in 24 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: removing character breaks in a web page hmm that is encoding problem try utf-8
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