Japanese fonts problem - need help

[mkamimura]

I installed both Japanese language fonts package.  I still cannot post any message in Japanese.  It turned into ? marks.  Any advice will help.
Thank you very much.

[sherpa サイバー侍]

did you solve your problem?

[Shwat]

Im having the same problem. Any advice?

[Shwat]

Does no one have a solution?

[Thalskarth]

Hi!!

I'm having the same problems... when i post in japanese characters in my forums, it appears


But, while i'm posting y use "preview" opcion, in prewiev window i can see que japanese perfectly... but when i post it, in the post i only see

my forum is hxxp:www.japannext.com.ar/foro [nonactive]


thank you

[Daniel D.]

Did you try to contact the translator?

[Shwat]

The translator? Im not sure I understand what you mean there.

[Daniel D.]

Did you contact the one who translated the files?

[hipertekspeed]

Im having the same issue with my new forum... i typed something in Japanese and shows perfect in "preview" but when I submit the post, it turns to question marks

any advice would be appreciated

[hipertekspeed]

anyone?

[Dannii]

Are you using UTF-8? Does your output encoding match your database's encoding?

And FYI, the fonts you have shouldn't matter... if fonts were the issue you'd see squares not question marks.

[hipertekspeed]

Are you using UTF-8? Does your output encoding match your database's encoding?

And FYI, the fonts you have shouldn't matter... if fonts were the issue you'd see squares not question marks.

i mean charachters not font, yes I did switch to UTF-8 but I dont know how to make it match my database' encoding.. i'm really new at this type of stuff. I appreciate any help!

[Shwat]

Did you contact the one who translated the files?

Which files?
Its a forum dedicated to Japanese culture and music, and they like to speak in Japanese sometimes.
Im also running TinyPortal, defualt language is English.

[Shwat]

Can no-one help?