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Started by OutGhost, March 26, 2026, 10:50:26 AM

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BigDevil

Have fun and tussle.

Peaches

#46
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

Quote from: Peaches on March 27, 2026, 03:46:04 PMWon���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

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OutGhost

i can also do that from another app

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OutGhost

from pages to text edit
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Peaches

Quote from: OutGhost on March 27, 2026, 04:11:23 PMfrom pages to text edit
i can copy paste

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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.? 

Peaches

Quote from: KateA - The Devil In Heels on March 27, 2026, 05:02:22 PMHow 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.

Peaches

Quote from: KateA - The Devil In Heels on March 27, 2026, 05:28:24 PMHi 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

Mchngn

So is the like list donion rings, or am I missing something here?

AngelaAlps

We no longer have a magnifying glass for searching on the forum, please return it.

OutGhost

Quote from: AngelaAlps on March 28, 2026, 10:20:55 AMWe no longer have a magnifying glass for searching on the forum, please return it.
What is that second icon on the top of the website?

OutGhost

Quote from: Katrin on March 28, 2026, 11:03:42 AMHow do I leave a comment under other users' photos? I can't see the button to send messages anymore
You mean you click a photo and then you do not see a text 'add comment'?

Peaches

Quote from: Katrin on March 28, 2026, 11:55:03 AM
Quote from: OutGhost on March 28, 2026, 11:50:18 AM
Quote from: Katrin on March 28, 2026, 11:03:42 AMHow do I leave a comment under other users' photos? I can't see the button to send messages anymore
You mean you click a photo and then you do not see a text 'add comment'?

Yes, I can't see it on either the main profile page or the photos page

Looks like it is there but the colour of 'Add Comment' is almost the exact same as the background. Switching to any of the default forum colours at the bottom doesn't seem to help either.

If you're on a computer try highlighting around the area to make it show up.

Peaches