? on web pages

dblgdee · 03-11-2010, 05:53 PM

What encoding is needed to prevent question marks from appearing on web page?

thanks

jaybaker · 03-11-2010, 06:18 PM

Not sure what you mean. Can you please elaborate on your question?

Kay King · 03-11-2010, 06:44 PM

Any chance you are copy/pasting from a word doc rather than from text? That can insert some odd characters but usually more than just "?"

Bruce Hearder · 03-11-2010, 06:58 PM

Usually its the encoding of the page. Try setting it to UTF-8, that might height..

The most common reason why this is happening, is that the content is coming from MS Word, and WORD is notorius for insert weird characters into text.

So the way to handle the text (even if it never came from word), is :

1. Copy the text and insert in to NOTEPAD (comes with Windows)

2. Then copy and text from NOTEPAD and insert it into your website. This will fix something like 95% of all the "?" symbols you see..

Also make sure you replace all the "angle quote" marks with "vertical" quote marks, and then all should be good

Hope this helps

Bruce

affilorama-portal · 03-11-2010, 09:12 PM

As a matter of fact, that can happen when pasting from any rich text editor, not only Word. So it really is best to use a plain text editor like Notepad.

lisag · 03-11-2010, 09:49 PM

Here are some articles that will help you:

FAQ: Weird characters and question marks appear instead of accented characters - uOttawa Web Templates

How to: Remove those nasty question marks from appearing in your website | A Passionate Developer from the Third World Putting Things into his World's Perspective

shousley · 03-12-2010, 02:05 AM

Copy your content from the spreadsheet/text editor you use to notepad. Then copy that pasted content from notepad to your web page. This will prevent weird characters from displaying on your webpages.

If you meant asking on what character encoding should be used, try UTF-8.

dblgdee · 03-12-2010, 06:52 AM

Thanks to all,
I'm using an html editor that encodes automatically, when the page is viewed in browser, there are ? all over the page.
I read somewhere that these may be unrecognised characters.

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jaybaker Jason Baker War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Fairfax CA Posts: 536 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 113 Thanked 106 Times in 52 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: ? on web pages Not sure what you mean. Can you please elaborate on your question?
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Kay King Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Gulf Coast, USA. Posts: 15,142 Thanks: 3,704 Thanked 4,137 Times in 2,255 Posts	Re: ? on web pages Any chance you are copy/pasting from a word doc rather than from text? That can insert some odd characters but usually more than just "?"

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Bruce Hearder Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Perth, Australia. Posts: 717 Thanks: 4 Thanked 182 Times in 138 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: ? on web pages Usually its the encoding of the page. Try setting it to UTF-8, that might height.. The most common reason why this is happening, is that the content is coming from MS Word, and WORD is notorius for insert weird characters into text. So the way to handle the text (even if it never came from word), is : 1. Copy the text and insert in to NOTEPAD (comes with Windows) 2. Then copy and text from NOTEPAD and insert it into your website. This will fix something like 95% of all the "?" symbols you see.. Also make sure you replace all the "angle quote" marks with "vertical" quote marks, and then all should be good Hope this helps Bruce
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affilorama-portal HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posts: 370 Thanks: 1 Thanked 58 Times in 44 Posts Social Networking	Re: ? on web pages As a matter of fact, that can happen when pasting from any rich text editor, not only Word. So it really is best to use a plain text editor like Notepad.
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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: ? on web pages Here are some articles that will help you: FAQ: Weird characters and question marks appear instead of accented characters - uOttawa Web Templates How to: Remove those nasty question marks from appearing in your website \| A Passionate Developer from the Third World Putting Things into his World's Perspective
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shousley Sarah Housley Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 28 Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: ? on web pages Copy your content from the spreadsheet/text editor you use to notepad. Then copy that pasted content from notepad to your web page. This will prevent weird characters from displaying on your webpages. If you meant asking on what character encoding should be used, try UTF-8.

03-12-2010, 06:52 AM	#8
dblgdee HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: ON, Canada Posts: 228 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: ? on web pages Thanks to all, I'm using an html editor that encodes automatically, when the page is viewed in browser, there are ? all over the page. I read somewhere that these may be unrecognised characters.
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