Persian language

[SaidJan]

Hi,

In SMF2.0, I could change the board names to persian easily, but in 2.1b3, when I save it, it changes to question marks.
Please fix it.

[Kindred]

Change your site to UTF8 before upgrading to 2.1 beta

[SaidJan]

I figured out that I should change the DB to utf-8 when importing.
Thanks though.
Now I need GMT +3:30 timezone. Can I add it myself?

[vbgamer45]

Admin -> Features and Options -> Server timezone

[shawnb61]

If the DB was not UTF8, the 2.1 upgrader will perform the upgrade to UTF8.  You do not have to do the UTF8 conversion before the upgrade. 

There *is* an issue in the 2.1b3 upgrader where, if the 2.1 upgrader performed the UTF8 conversion, an appropriate entry is not made in the settings.php file.   If this entry is not present:

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$db_character_set = 'utf8';

... then add it. 

If there are still issues with character set display, this diagnostic utility may help:
https://github.com/sbulen/sjrbTools/blob/master/SMF_UTF8_Diag.php

[vjulian]

Hi,

In SMF2.0, I could change the board names to persian easily, but in 2.1b3, when I save it, it changes to question marks.
Please fix it.

Did the solution suggested by shawnb61 worked for you. Kindly update.

[SaidJan]

Yes, by changing the format to UTF-8 it worked.
Updated!
Thanks

[vjulian]

Yes, by changing the format to UTF-8 it worked.
Updated!
Thanks

Great I will note that down for future reference.