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UTF8 in course listings



  • 2011-01-23 09:58:48

    UTF8 in course listings

    We are very happy with the possibility to write course materials, including their titles with the UTF8 character set.

    But in the list for selecting a course from the available curriculum the names seem not to be shown in UTF8 mode.

    In fact I found the titles were stored in one table in the database in a non-UTF8 mode. I was able to change these bad entries in the database and everything seemed fine, until a teacher edited one of the courses with an UTF8 title. Then the ugly wrong interpretation of the title came back in the curriculum listing.
    Is this a bug? Or are we using the system in the wrong way?


  • 2011-01-24 10:29:06

    Re: UTF8 in course listings

    Hi,

    Is this a fresh install or an upgrade? If this is an upgrade, can you check if the database table are actually in UTF8 after upgraded? There should be a step during upgrade to convert all ISO-latin database to UTF8.


  • 2011-01-24 10:31:45

    Re: UTF8 in course listings

    If you are asking for help, provide lots of detail so problems can be reproduced.

    Things to describe:
    Operating system ATutor is installed on -
    ATutor version -
    Patch #s applied -
    ATutor theme name -
    PHP version -
    MySQL version -
    Webserver & version -
    Copies of error messages -
    Changes to default settings -
    Web browser being used -
    ...and anything else relevant -


  • 2011-01-24 11:53:27

    Re: UTF8 in course listings

    Thanks guys!
    It IS a fresh install, although we did import old content. I think the table field that creates our problem is NOT in UTF8. Ill investigate further...