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1. b-nut
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Those reading my blog via IE see the first two posts and then see only symbols after that. The last thing that I did was add a stat counter to the right side bar, but I checked IE after that and it was working fine. Now, after the weekend, Prince has invaded my blog. Any ideas?!

2. Chris_K
   Administrator
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Do you have a link to the blog in question?

   Under Options -> Reading, what is your encoding type?

   (love your title - I chuckled!)

3. b-nut
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Sorry: placetomuse. com

   UTF-8

   Thanks!

4. moshu
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Don't copy from MS Word, especially not into the wysiwyg monster!

5. b-nut
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Well that stinks. Is there any way to correct all the posts that have been copied from Word (which is most of them) if that is the problem?

   Also, any advice on what to use instead. I really don't like the basic software WP offers for writing.

6. moshu
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   If you must write in Word > copy the text to a plain text editor first (like Notepad) to get rid of all the crap Word adds to the text, and from there into WP.
   Others might have additional suggestions...

7. b-nut
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   So, to fix my Princish problem, do I need to go back and do this for all my posts...? It seems, however, that even the comments sections and the blog's own text are affected as well. I don't imagine that Word did all of that....?

8. moshu
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   OK, here is another question for you: Did you change the encoding recently? Was there a different encoding before the last two posts?

9. samboll
   moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Sure it can:
   http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.placetomuse.com%2F

10. moshu
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #

    Scrap it :)
    Go to your post Mypscae vs. whatever...
    Edit the last line, you have this:
    <span style="font-family: Wingdings" />

    Delete it!!!

11. b-nut
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #

    What!! Where did that come from? I feel like an idiot. Thanks for the help.

    Case Closed.

12. moshu
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #

    Read again what I posted above! You have a bed code line IN THE POST!

13. b-nut
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #

    What!! Where did that come from? I feel like an idiot. Thanks for the help.

    Case Closed.

14. moshu
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #

    That kind of BS always comes from Word :)
    [You can change the status of this thread to "resolved" - up under the title]

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