characters on top of page

[jtc970]

I just installed SMF (switching from ipb) and love it so far but the structure is all foreign to me..

im getting 3 characters on the top of my pages



hxxp:www.scriptwit.com/forum/index.php [nonactive]

and cant figure out where they are coming from..

its not in the index.template.php or css as far as I can see....

edit: wierd, they dont show on IE just firefox

[Owdy]

Seems there are bigger issues?

Template Parse Error!
It seems something has gone sour on the forum with the template system. This problem should only be temporary, so please come back later and try again. If you continue to see this message, please contact the administrator.

You can also try refreshing this page.

[jtc970]

sorry I was playing around trying to find out where it was...

should be ok now..

[jtc970]

by should be ok , I meant the template loads, but, the characters are still there

[jburnett]

It must be a firefox bug. Try copying the html code into a  test.html file and load it locally. Then add the css files to the test html structure and test again.

[jtc970]

i think your right , it must be a bug in firefox

when I go directly to here
hxxp:www.scriptwit.com/forum/Themes/classic/index.template.php [nonactive]

It still shows those characters even though  the index.template.php is only functions


can anyone verify it happens to them in firefox 1.0, maybe mine is corrupted

[[Unknown]]

Can you try deleting that file (index.template.php) and uploading it again *in TEXT/ASCII mode*?

-[Unknown]

[jtc970]

the file is fine, the board works without a problem accept those pesky characters...

It's been uploaded more than a few times...

[[Unknown]]

The file (http://www.scriptwit.com/forum/Themes/classic/index.template.php) no longer gives me any strange characters.  Nor does the site itself.

-[Unknown]

[jtc970]

Yes I fixed it just before my eyes closed on me for the night.

For some reason the file was in utf-8 format, I converted it to ascii using ultraedit and all was well...

Thanks for all your help