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[OutGhost]

Hi Outghost

Just type any English word that uses an apostrophe and it should error, such as:

You re
Don t

Then same words with apostrophe:

You?��re
Don?��t

Xoxo
Kate

yes that's how i wonder,

don't
won't
shouldn't
friend's
tit's

[Peaches]

I'm also not experiencing that problem. Can use ' as much as I want - from PC and Android.

Maybe a copy/paste thing?

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[OutGhost]

I'm also not experiencing that problem. Can use ' as much as I want - from PC and Android.

Maybe a copy/paste thing?

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yes this makes it a weird issue. But once i know how to produce it. Then it will probably be not so difficult to fix it

[BigDevil]

Did the ability to see all unread posts disappear?

there is a button on the bottom?

https://www.freecatfights.com/forums/index.php?action=unread

different location...  thank you!

It's still being worked on

[Peaches]

Won���t

I copied the above from the 'google docs' app on an Android phone.

It's just the word 'won't.'


--Additional Edit--

These are forum posts elsewhere about it and seem to point out about the language packs, maybe helpful for Outghost?

https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=182907.0

https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=568354.0
https://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/UTF-8_Readme

[OutGhost]

Won���t

I copied the above from the 'google docs' app on an Android phone.

It's just the word 'won't.'


--Additional Edit--

These are forum posts elsewhere about it and seem to point out about the language packs, maybe helpful for Outghost?

https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=182907.0

https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=568354.0
https://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/UTF-8_Readme

thanks, had seen those before, and from server/site perspective all is set good. Hence typing normally here works fine. But i'll have a look at the copy pasting.

[OutGhost]

i can copy paste

?��
?��?�?`

lalala

[OutGhost]

i can also do that from another app

"
'
`

[OutGhost]

from pages to text edit
i can copy paste

?��
?��?�?`

lalala

[Peaches]

from pages to text edit
i can copy paste

?��
?��?�?`

lalala

This is showing on Firefox as the question marks.

[OutGhost]

yes so on my mac/pages, when i copy paste this wysiwyg editor borks it. Textedit (another app works just fine). But there is no 'forum' setting i can change to fix this afaics. For now i'd advice people to use very simple apps, like notepad or something to write their longer texts and if they want to copy paste.? 

[KateA - The Devil In Heels]

How very odd Outghost.

As for the record the messages on this subject from me were all typed out on my iPad using Google Chrome and then as an experiment Apple Safari. In both cases the apostrophe gets displayed incorrectly.


Kate

[Peaches]

How very odd Outghost.

As for the record the messages on this subject from me were all typed out on my iPad using Google Chrome and then as an experiment Apple Safari. In both cases the apostrophe gets displayed incorrectly.


Kate

Barging in again on this, what happens if you turrn off the smart punctuation... if it's on?

"turn of Smart Quotes under:
System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Text
Uncheck "Use Smart quotes and dashes""

Or mobile devices via

"Settings --> General --> Keyboard --> Smart Punctuation - turn this off"

Found from another SM forum.

[KateA - The Devil In Heels]

Hi Outghost,

I have found a fix for my apostrophe issue, if you go into the iOS keyboard settings and turn off Smart Punctuation. The issue goes away

Go to Settings
Tap General, Tap Keyboard
Turn OFF Smart Punctuation

So thanks for your assistance with this matter. However while asking ChatGPT for assistance...our AI friend suggested this is the server side solution. Which means nothing to me but might help you.

The real fix is server-side:

Set encoding to UTF-8
Ensure correct headers like:
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Make sure the database supports UTF-8 (e.g. utf8mb4)

Xoxo
Kate

[Peaches]

Hi Outghost,

I have found a fix for my apostrophe issue, if you go into the iOS keyboard settings and turn off Smart Punctuation. The issue goes away

Go to Settings
Tap General, Tap Keyboard
Turn OFF Smart Punctuation

So thanks for your assistance with this matter. However while asking ChatGPT for assistance...our AI friend suggested this is the server side solution. Which means nothing to me but might help you.

The real fix is server-side:

Set encoding to UTF-8
Ensure correct headers like:
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Make sure the database supports UTF-8 (e.g. utf8mb4)

Xoxo
Kate

Nice, I was faster than AI

[Peaches]