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dmorales · May 18th, 2005, 8:19 AM

I get these question mark like things instead of hyphens and certain punctuation on some of my web pages.

I have no idea why they are there instead of what's supposed to be.

I clearly did not type a question mark and am not sure why it would do this.

In IE it appears as ?, but in other browsers it shows up as a diamond with a question mark in it.

Can anyone tell me why this is?

Ooble · May 18th, 2005, 5:32 PM

They're either Unicode or unsupported Extended ASCII characters. You should use the HTML cross-browser equivalents. Google for "HTML character codes" or something and find out the escape strings - for example, "—" is the long hyphen, and """ is the double-quote.

dmorales · May 19th, 2005, 9:25 AM

thanks, fixed it right up!

Ooble · May 19th, 2005, 11:12 AM

Good to hear it. Keep posting.

May 18th, 2005, 8:19 AM	#1
dmorales Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 74 Rep Power: 4	Question Marks I get these question mark like things instead of hyphens and certain punctuation on some of my web pages. I have no idea why they are there instead of what's supposed to be. I clearly did not type a question mark and am not sure why it would do this. In IE it appears as ?, but in other browsers it shows up as a diamond with a question mark in it. Can anyone tell me why this is? __________________ Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...

May 18th, 2005, 5:32 PM	#2
Ooble I eat cake for breakfast. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In my box. Posts: 4,434 Rep Power: 9	They're either Unicode or unsupported Extended ASCII characters. You should use the HTML cross-browser equivalents. Google for "HTML character codes" or something and find out the escape strings - for example, "—" is the long hyphen, and """ is the double-quote. __________________ Me :: You :: Them

May 19th, 2005, 9:25 AM	#3
dmorales Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 74 Rep Power: 4	thanks, fixed it right up! __________________ Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...

May 19th, 2005, 11:12 AM	#4
Ooble I eat cake for breakfast. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In my box. Posts: 4,434 Rep Power: 9	Good to hear it. Keep posting. __________________ Me :: You :: Them

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