Fresh vB Installation: latin1 -> utf8

[vAsia]

Hello,

I want my vB to run on utf-8 instead of latin1. With fresh vB installation, what file do I need to edit to make it install using utf8 instead of latin1 during installation? :)

[Steve Machol]

There is no easy way to do this nor do I know of any instructions. You can try asking over at www.vbulletin.org.

[Didikoy]

I think it maybe possible to change via phpmyadmin under collation setting, however I would be careful as this could truncate your data

[Wayne Luke]

vBulletin simply uses the settings of the database when it is installed. You would need to change the database itself to use UTF-8. You can find instructions on how to do that on this third party site:

http://www.vcharset.com/how-to-start-vbulletin-forum-with-utf-8-from-the-begining-pid4.html (http://www.vcharset.com/how-to-start-vbulletin-forum-with-utf-8-from-the-begining-pid4.html)