BannaOj and I are both seeing my name as V(box) instead of Vána (assuming that even turns out right) when I make a post. Anyone else having problems with special characters showing up?
Mods, has the font been changed? I'm not sure I want to be V(box) for the rest of my life! Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
You're V?na to me - is that better? Posted by Mabus (Member # 6320) on :
I also see V(box).
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
V box here. Not sure why.
Posted by Zevlag (Member # 1405) on :
Some places I see "V?na" and some places "V ana".
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
V(box) here.
Posted by Xaposert (Member # 1612) on :
Yes, it did. Look at the old landmark threads to see how they are now filled with question marks.
On the other hand, V(box) is a cool name.
[ May 18, 2004, 12:14 PM: Message edited by: Xaposert ]
Posted by Damien (Member # 5611) on :
Vána
...but it may be a browser issue, as most of you are probably using microsoft (ick.)...
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
*uses Microsoft* *is ashamed* See's V box here too.
[ May 18, 2004, 12:16 PM: Message edited by: Nick ]
Posted by Vána (Member # 3262) on :
Am I doomed to getting a new username?
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
Vbox sounds like a ripoff of Xbox
Posted by Vána (Member # 3262) on :
heehee! Yes, yes it does.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I am using mozilla firefox, and I see V?na.
Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :
Try changing your "Encoding" setting to "Western European". That fixes it for me.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
changing the encoding to western european changes the Vana in the handle to the correct look, but the "Vana" that you typed in in your first post looks like VAjna Except the capital A has a squiggle over it.
AJ
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
Yeah, I noticed in my landmark that all my apostrophes are question marks now. Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
While Vᮡ turns up in the name&member#, Vána works within the posting. Perhaps the moderator can change your name (maybe even back to Vána) while keeping your member# the same. Can't hurt to ask.
Posted by Vána (Member # 3262) on :
That's maybe a good idea. How would I do that? Just e-mail them?
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
I have been noticing the boxes for certain characters for several days, now, but I thought it was only my computer freaking out.
I have no idea how to change the Encoding to Western European, but doesn't sound as though it fixes the problem anyway...
Posted by Damien (Member # 5611) on :
It should be in your 'view' menu.... but I use Konqueror on Linux, so I dunno how that transfers to IE or Mozilla... I see no boxes, though... *shrugs*
Posted by Mabus (Member # 6320) on :
Hmm...Western Euro fixes the names on display, but Va is now a Registered trademark. (R)...I don't know what key combination would make the circle-R. The other names are similarly incomprehensible in the message body.
Posted by Ayelar (Member # 183) on :
I see just "Vna" in Safari.
But aspectre's post a few before this one looks wacky!
Posted by Mabus (Member # 6320) on :
While I can switch Encoding on a page, every time I load a new page it reverts to the old, Unicode. How do you get it to stay put?
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Same here -- if I change it to Western European, it shows the symbols right, but as soon as you leave the page back to the main forum (or whereever) it switches back.
FG
Posted by Vána (Member # 3262) on :
Ayelar, that is just nuts! It doesn't look quite that bad on mine.
As for when it started, I have on idea - I haven't been here for a week or so.
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
The font set didn't change, the character encoding changed, probably due to the new software installed a couple weeks ago that likely internationalized the characterset, whereas before the set was ASCII.
-Bok
Posted by Vána (Member # 3262) on :
Thanks, Bok. I sent an e-mail. When I hear back on what can or can't be done to fix it, I'll post again or start a new thread, if it needs it.
Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
"View, Encoding, Western European Windows" fixed it for me. I was seeing V(box) and Alt(chinese characters) and so on, but now it's all back to normal.
Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
Oops, or it was before I posted, anyway. Afterwards it went back. How do you make it stay?
Posted by Zevlag (Member # 1405) on :
Server/Forum admins need to change what charachter encoding they report. They are claiming to use Unicode encoding.
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
I've been having this problem as well, and it is, indeed, a character encoding problem.
As far as I can tell, Firefox doesn't realize that the character set is ISO-8859-1 instead of UTF-1. The page source for this thread has a meta tag calling out the Content-type as "text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" but the page info still says the encoding is UTF-1. I have no idea what is causing that.
Posted by Marek (Member # 5404) on :
I see V?na
Posted by Vána (Member # 3262) on :
*sigh* No e-mail back, yet. I'm still resisting registering a different name, though! I'd really like to keep this one - if it works right, of course.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Maybe they're all on vacation...
FG
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Nice box....
Posted by Vána (Member # 3262) on :
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
So, V-box, what is going to happen to your 2500+ posts?
Just kidding Vána. Posted by Vána (Member # 3262) on :
Nick, I know! I'd hate to lose them. Which is, of course, why I sent an e-mail asking if anything can be done.
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