Title: wordpress theme utf-8 encoding  issue
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# wordpress theme utf-8 encoding issue

 *  [leighvatar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leighvatar/)
 * (@leighvatar)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-utf-8-encoding-issue/)
 * I’ve been learning how to create a validated wordpress theme. So far I have reached
   a point where my code passes validation.
 * Code so far:
 * _[127 lines of code moderated as per the [Forum Rules](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code).
   Please use the [pastebin](http://wordpress.pastebin.com/)]_
 * So far it has passed validation but I keep receiving that annoying warning about
   the Byte-Order Mark (BOM):
 * > Using Direct Input mode: UTF-8 character encoding assumed
   > Unlike the “by URI” and “by File Upload” modes, the “Direct Input” mode of 
   > the validator provides validated content in the form of characters pasted or
   > typed in the validator’s form field. This will automatically make the data 
   > UTF-8, and therefore the validator does not need to determine the character
   > encoding of your document, and will ignore any charset information specified.
   > If you notice a discrepancy in detected character encoding between the “Direct
   > Input” mode and other validator modes, this is likely to be the reason. It 
   > is neither a bug in the validator, nor in your document.
 * Is there anyway to change my wordpress sql engine to UTF-8 without BOM?
 * Help will be so greatly appreciated.

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-utf-8-encoding-issue/)
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