[SMF 2.0 RC4] Weird '''' shows up at Top header in topicq

[Rain Forest]

When I go to see a topic, a weird '''' shows up at the top of my forums.

Has it something to do with my Display.php ?



Hopefully someone could help me with this.

[Kays]

Hi, does it do this on all pages or just when viewing a topic?

If you switch to the default theme does this still happen?

Does it do this if you switch to English? Is your forum set to use UTF8?

[Rain Forest]

Hi, does it do this on all pages or just when viewing a topic?

If you switch to the default theme does this still happen?

Does it do this if you switch to English? Is your forum set to use UTF8?

Hi,

It only appears when I'm actually looking at a topic. Not at index or at PM's, just during watching a topic.

It does not happen when I'm switching to the defualt theme. Default language is Dutch, not UTF8.

[Kays]

And if you switch to English, is it still there?

If so, the file to look in would probably be Display.template.php in the theme you are using. Look for any code which might be before the opening <?php at the top of the page, or after the closing ?> at the bottom.

If you can't find anything suspicious, attach that file to a post please. Also, which theme is that? Gotta link to it?

[Bigguy]

That symbol is probably at the very top of either the boardindex.template or messageindex.template of your custom theme before the opening php tag. I would start by searching those files. It could also be after the closing php tag.

[Rain Forest]

Hmm, I had to delete the cache and somehow the problem dissapeared..

Thanks for your quick answers

[Bigguy]

Glad ya got it solved.

[flapjack]

"" is the Byte Order Mark (BOM) of the Unicode Standard. Specifically it is the hex bytes EF BB BF, which form the UTF-8 representation of the BOM, misinterpreted as ISO 8859/1 text instead of UTF-8.

Probably what it means is that you are using a text editor that is saving files in UTF-8 with the BOM, when it should be saving without the BOM. It could be PHP files that have the BOM, in which case they'd appear as literal text on your page. Or it could be translated text you pasted into one of the files.

[Rain Forest]

Hmm, this is really awkward, it just came back out of nothing. Really, I don't like this ''' above my header.

"" is the Byte Order Mark (BOM) of the Unicode Standard. Specifically it is the hex bytes EF BB BF, which form the UTF-8 representation of the BOM, misinterpreted as ISO 8859/1 text instead of UTF-8.

Probably what it means is that you are using a text editor that is saving files in UTF-8 with the BOM, when it should be saving without the BOM. It could be PHP files that have the BOM, in which case they'd appear as literal text on your page. Or it could be translated text you pasted into one of the files.

hmm, as a not-English person I don't know what u are saying. What do u suggest?

[Rain Forest]

That symbol is probably at the very top of either the boardindex.template or messageindex.template of your custom theme before the opening php tag. I would start by searching those files. It could also be after the closing php tag.

[Kays]

Can you also please attach Display.template.php.

[Rain Forest]

Can you also please attach Display.template.php.

Sure

[Kays]

Yep, that's the culprit. It was as Flapjack suspected, saved as UTF8.

Try this copy, I changed the encoding on it. Do clear your file cache after uploading it.

[Rain Forest]

Yep, that's the culprit. It was as Flapjack suspected, saved as UTF8.

Try this copy, I changed the encoding on it. Do clear your file cache after uploading it.

Thanks! It helped!

In what line was the problem?

[Bigguy]

Sounds like the encoding of the whole file was the problem.

[Rain Forest]

Ah, but oh, now all the modifications i've done on display.template.php are going even as the Username at profile which is now smaller?

Before:

Now:

How can I change it back to 'before'?

[Bigguy]

Compare the two files and make the necessary changes. Winmerge is good for comparing two files.

[Rain Forest]

Hmm, no I was wrong. The mods are still in the display.template.php. Now there's only this 'Before' and 'After' problem.

With Winmerge there is nothing to compare because the original has no mods and the Display.template.php which has Kays uploaded are having mods.

any lead where I can find the Username-name problem at this file?

[Kays]

All I changed was the encoding on the file and nothing else.

The first image looks like it's from the default theme. The second from a custom theme as it's using stars rather than the block ()

Did you add the mods to your custom theme also?

[Rain Forest]

All I changed was the encoding on the file and nothing else.

The first image looks like it's from the default theme. The second from a custom theme as it's using stars rather than the block ()

Did you add the mods to your custom theme also?

Yes.

But it's weird because the usernames were like 'before' (http://skinmod.eu/themedemo/index.html and click on Soft Cartoon) And after I overwrited the Display.template.php & delete cache the Usernames are like 'after'.

Is there a way to set it back?