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Kid A · 21-02-2008, 06:36

How come they come out weird when I send the file over to a pc? they work fine on my mac.

Dusteh · 21-02-2008, 06:39

are you using & in the code?

Kid A · 21-02-2008, 06:56

Yeah and • as well for bullet points, why is that wrong?

Hunch · 21-02-2008, 07:23

How do they come out?

Do Gooder · 21-02-2008, 07:30

i don't know much about all this.. but

text encoding going funny?? maybe.

perhaps look at the encoding meta tag - should look something like this:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">

??

weldo · 21-02-2008, 07:40

yeah, could be a character set thing ...

I've never heard of • ??

Kid A · 21-02-2008, 07:56

the encoding meta tag looks like this...

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">

And the • thing just appeared in the code the same way & did when I typed a bullet point.

Do Gooder · 21-02-2008, 07:59

i'm far from home on this one.

Anxious · 21-02-2008, 08:06

Which fonts are you using in your stylesheet?

iblastoff · 21-02-2008, 08:16

i'm unclear on something...

ampersands *should* look like & in the actual code. or are you saying you actually see '&' when you're viewing the file in a browser?

weldo · 21-02-2008, 09:06

i think "charset=ISO-8859-1" is a windows specific character set, change it to "charset=UTF-8" and see what happens ...

Kid A · 21-02-2008, 09:41

Cheers for the help guys,
Anxious I only have a little bit of text and Im just typing it out and changinging it at the properties at the bottom to "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
IBLASTOFF when Im viewing the file the text looks fine in all 3 browsers on my mac but when I take it over to the pc it reads '&' instead of '&'.
Weldo to change that character set do I just type UTF-8 into the code?

herkalees · 21-02-2008, 09:42

As Do Gooder mentioned, change it to this: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">

Kid A · 21-02-2008, 10:19

ok I'll do that and see if it works, watch this space..

21-02-2008, 06:36	#1 (permalink)
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Kid A CMYK Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 574	Yeah and • as well for bullet points, why is that wrong? Last edited by Kid A : 21-02-2008 at 07:12.

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iblastoff gotsa a malanga! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: ottawa, canada Posts: 489	i'm unclear on something... ampersands should look like & in the actual code. or are you saying you actually see '&' when you're viewing the file in a browser? __________________ stevelam.ca \| sickpill.com

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Hunch Grumpy old man Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North Japan Posts: 1,696	How do they come out?

21-02-2008, 07:30	#5 (permalink)
Do Gooder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5,493	i don't know much about all this.. but text encoding going funny?? maybe. perhaps look at the encoding meta tag - should look something like this: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> ??

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Kid A CMYK Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 574	the encoding meta tag looks like this... <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> And the • thing just appeared in the code the same way & did when I typed a bullet point.

21-02-2008, 07:59	#8 (permalink)
Do Gooder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5,493	i'm far from home on this one.

21-02-2008, 08:06	#9 (permalink)
Anxious On the Naughty Step Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Glasgow Posts: 1,758	Which fonts are you using in your stylesheet?

21-02-2008, 09:06	#11 (permalink)
weldo now with added beard Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Liverpool Posts: 5,434	i think "charset=ISO-8859-1" is a windows specific character set, change it to "charset=UTF-8" and see what happens ... __________________ fuck signatures

21-02-2008, 09:41	#12 (permalink)
Kid A CMYK Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 574	Cheers for the help guys, Anxious I only have a little bit of text and Im just typing it out and changinging it at the properties at the bottom to "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" IBLASTOFF when Im viewing the file the text looks fine in all 3 browsers on my mac but when I take it over to the pc it reads '&' instead of '&'. Weldo to change that character set do I just type UTF-8 into the code?

21-02-2008, 09:42	#13 (permalink)
herkalees Semantics, yay. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Salem, Massachusetts Posts: 1,128	As Do Gooder mentioned, change it to this: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> __________________ Writing on markup, CSS, and other web geekery Professional, accessible, and search engine friendly web site development by Boston Web Studio

21-02-2008, 10:19	#14 (permalink)
Kid A CMYK Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 574	ok I'll do that and see if it works, watch this space..

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