Character Encoding mismatch!

lee · 2006-07-11 09:43:51

I get this when validating a TP site hosted on TextDrive, anyone able to please tell me what it means or how to correct it.

Character Encoding mismatch!
The character encoding specified in the HTTP header (utf-8) is different from the value in the <meta> element (iso-8859-1). I will use the value from the HTTP header (utf-8) for this validation.

Thank you, Lee.

NyteOwl · 2006-07-11 17:18:32

It means that your server is sending a different character encoding header from the meta content-type in your markup. An encoding sent via the HTTP header will always take precedence over a meta element. Browsers use the encoding the server sets in the http header first. If nothing is set, it uses the encoding indicated by the meta tag.

There are two ways to fix this: 1) Make your server send an ISO 8859-1 encoding (or none at all) or 2) Save your files as UTF-8 and change your meta element accordingly.

UTF-8 is really a better option but if you really need iso-8859-1 (and all your site pages will be using that character set) you can change the header Apache sends by putting

         AddDefaultCharset iso-8859-1

in your htaccess file. (I believe AllowOverrides needs to be enabled).

Mary · 2006-07-11 17:30:06

Textpattern itself sends a utf-8 header when it displays a page, so changing the Apache setting wouldn’t make a difference.

The validator is warning you that your content is being sent as utf-8, but you’ve used a different encoding in a meta element in your page. It is a good idea to use utf-8, and it supports everything in iso-8859-1 anyway.

lee · 2006-07-11 18:18:14

Many thanks for the clear explanation.

NyteOwl · 2006-07-11 19:18:17

Textpattern itself sends a utf-8 header when it displays a page, so changing the Apache setting wouldn’t make a difference.

Does Textpattern modify the HTTP headers sent?

Mary · 2006-07-11 19:45:19

When Textpattern fetches any page, it sends it with a utf-8 header

header("Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8");

so the server’s default is not taken into account. If you really wanted to, you could override it by sending a second header from your page itself, but there’s not many reasons why you’d want to bother.

NyteOwl · 2006-07-11 19:59:22

I agree, UTF-8/16 will pretty much cover it. Might be nice to have that configurable in admin panel though (like the utf-8 option for e-mail) for them as prefers something else.

vanderkerkoff · 2006-07-26 12:41:11

I know one time when I want to change the Content-Type

My file_downloads section, my spider I’m using to crawl the site is having a fit over the pdf files, they’re coming down as octet instead of pdf, how do I change that guys for the file_download section??

Cant find any help anywhere to this problem, I’d be really grateful for any assistance.

vander

Sencer · 2006-07-26 12:52:55

Do NOT crosspost your problems.

Especially since it is totally offtopic here.

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