Accents and ñ in HTML
Thread poster: Yaotl Altan
Yaotl Altan
Yaotl Altan  Identity Verified
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Jun 18, 2007

I'm editing in HTML some files f my web page but when I uploaded the files they do not show the proper character.

Am I failing to execute any particular step? or label?

Thanx!


 
Marcelo Silveyra
Marcelo Silveyra
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Probably! Jun 18, 2007

It depends on what you're designing/updating your website with. If you're using pure HTML, then you need to include codes for those characters, instead of the actual characters. Here's a list of codes:

http://www.starr.net/is/type/htmlcodes.html

I use Dreamweaver for my website stuff, and don't have to include any codes in there - Dreamweaver does it automatically (
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It depends on what you're designing/updating your website with. If you're using pure HTML, then you need to include codes for those characters, instead of the actual characters. Here's a list of codes:

http://www.starr.net/is/type/htmlcodes.html

I use Dreamweaver for my website stuff, and don't have to include any codes in there - Dreamweaver does it automatically (and I find HTML "programming" to be really tedious anyway). I know that program-generated pages are not as memory-effective, but in the age of broadband, that is hardly a concern with standard webpages. (Now, if someone just cleaned up the damn registry in Windows....)
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Yaotl Altan
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Raw HTML and wit Dreaweaver Jun 19, 2007

Thank you very much, Marcelo.

I don't know what's going on. First, I used a template to set my page. Then, I edited it using Dreamweaver. The pages looked fine "locally" at the PC but when I uploaded to the site, the accents did not display, so I decided to edit the raw HTML files which is too slow

Once I fixed "manually" these files on the site, I downloaded to my PC and the same s...ituation: the acce
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Thank you very much, Marcelo.

I don't know what's going on. First, I used a template to set my page. Then, I edited it using Dreamweaver. The pages looked fine "locally" at the PC but when I uploaded to the site, the accents did not display, so I decided to edit the raw HTML files which is too slow

Once I fixed "manually" these files on the site, I downloaded to my PC and the same s...ituation: the accents did not display.

Anyway, I hope I can fix it with this great advise, Marcelo. Thanx!
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Accents and ñ in HTML






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