View Full Version : Weird Punctuation changes since changeover to new server
Naturalized-Texan
05-16-2004, 11:39 AM
Since the changeover to the new server I am seeing weird punctuation changes where " and ' and - from posts made prior to the changeover show up as question marks. Wha' hoppened? I have already corrected the punctuation in the posts where I have noticed those weird changes.
Not only that but a Huge amount of my posts just up and dissapeared.
Posted at around 5 to 6am this morning and they arent even there.
Um whut swallowed my posts?
DoctorDoom
05-16-2004, 04:12 PM
I've noted that small squares have replaced punctuation in the decimal 128-159 range (hex 80-9F). That range is not a part of any HTML standard, and it is not implemented in ISO 8859-1 Latin 1 and Unicode, the HTML character sets.
Possibly a setting was changed during the transfer.
I have not been able to post any characters in that range since I switched to Opera 7.23, although Opera 6.xx posts them properly.
For the curious: Character Codes (http://www.psacake.com/web/0302-b.asp)
<font color="gray">Edited to add an inadvertently omitted "not".</font>
CaliGirl
05-21-2004, 09:36 PM
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DoctorDoom said:
I've noted that small squares have replaced punctuation in the decimal 128-159 range (hex 80-9F). That range is not a part of any HTML standard, and it is not implemented in ISO 8859-1 Latin 1 and Unicode, the HTML character sets.
Possibly a setting was changed during the transfer.
I have been able to post any characters in that range since I switched to Opera 7.23, although Opera 6.xx posts them properly.
For the curious: Character Codes (http://www.psacake.com/web/0302-b.asp)
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I have noticed the small squares on some posts also. I don't think I have had any of the problems at my end though. During the change over to the new server that night, I was able to read some posts. Then all of the sudden I could not.
I haven't noticed any more speed, but then I am on dial up, not DSL.
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