Accented character in forum name no longer appears in system message

[Paul Cull]

Hi

I don't know if this is the right place to post this...

Since upgrading to 1.1 (pt_BR language option), my system generated emails telling me of a newly registered user drop the last letter of the Forum name (Avivamento Já).

Before:

xxx acabou de se inscrever como novo membro do seu Fórum. Clique no link em baixo para ver o seu perfil.

http://avivamentoja.com/smf/index.php?action=zzz
Atenciosamente,
A Equipa do Avivamento Já!.


After:

xxxx acabou de se tornar um membro do Fórum. Clique no link abaixo para ver o seu perfil.

http://avivamentoja.com/smf/index.php?action=zzz

Até breve,
A administração do Avivamento J!.

The different wording is obviously because of the translation I'm using, although I´m guessing that the translation used shouldn't affect the name of the forum, which would be imported as a string variable from the system somehow.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Paul

[jerm]

Hey, could you open your Settings.php and look for:

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$mbname =
And see if that á is there.

[Paul Cull]

Sorry for the delay in replying...

I just checked settings.php and the á is in the $mbname string ...

$mbname = 'Avivamento Já!';      # The name of your forum.

Paul

[Paul Cull]

Just a quick question: should I be using some form of encoded character such as á inside the settings.php file?

[KGIII]

Hmm... In your output source - when you view your page - what is the character set set to? (Don't mind me - I am just trying to clear up older posts.)

[Paul Cull]

ISO-8859-1

Sorry for the delay in replying!

Paul

[codenaught]

Paul Cull, do you still need assistance with this issue? If so, are you using SMF 1.1.2? It also might help to try using UTF-8, which generally has better international character-set support.

[Paul Cull]

Sorry for the delay in replying...

How do I set my board to use UTF-8. Does this depend on the translation available (I'm using pt_BR).

Paul

[greyknight17]

Hi Paul, I would backup your database first before doing this.

Go to your forum->Admin->Forum Maintenance and click on the last link to convert to UTF-8.