Arabic showin as "?????" question marks !

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  • hatzat
    New Member
    • Mar 2006
    • 6

    Arabic showin as "?????" question marks !

    Hi

    any idea about what's cuzing this prob,and how to fix it ?

    Thanks
  • hatzat
    New Member
    • Mar 2006
    • 6

    #2
    Hellooooo

    any body home ?

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    • Steve Machol
      Former Customer Support Manager
      • Jul 2000
      • 154488

      #3
      I have no idea what you are asking. Please explain.

      Also from the forum rules:

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      Please wait a reasonable amount of time before bumping posts. For style changes and general 'how-to' questions this should be 24 hours. For specific troubleshooting issues, use 12 hours as a guideline.
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      • Barakat
        Member
        • Feb 2005
        • 87
        • 6.X

        #4
        when u use a php editor or a dreamweaver to edit ur file and translate from english to Arabic u must write the

        PHP Code:
        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1256"?>
        instead of :-

        PHP Code:
        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
        then upload ur file or product that if u make changes in it ....
        مسلمـ من أمة محمد ...

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        • hatzat
          New Member
          • Mar 2006
          • 6

          #5
          hi

          thanks barkat , but's it already set with "<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1256" />"

          my question is : when i chaged the language for vBulletin Forum to Arabic,It shows me this mark "?" 'question mark' , in all over the pages .

          it replaced the arabic letter with this mark "?"

          Thanks u 2

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          • Steve Machol
            Former Customer Support Manager
            • Jul 2000
            • 154488

            #6
            You need to set the appropriate settings for Arabic:

            Admin CP -> Languages & Phrases -> Language Manager -> Edit Settings -> HTML Character Set and Language Code
            Steve Machol, former vBulletin Customer Support Manager (and NOT retired!)
            Change CKEditor Colors to Match Style (for 4.1.4 and above)

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            • hatzat
              New Member
              • Mar 2006
              • 6

              #7
              Hi

              it's already set to "windows-1256" this is the arabic chr set

              but it's still show me "??????" questions mark

              thanks

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              • ZeryabPhone
                Member
                • Jun 2005
                • 95
                • 3.5.x

                #8
                i think this a IE settings problem.
                from internet explorer go to tools --> internet options --> Languages
                click add and choose from the list - Arabic [ar]
                and from view --> encoding --> Auto Select.

                if this not help try to download another arabic language from language forum
                i use arabic_3-5-4_win1256 and work fine with me.

                goodluck

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                • hatzat
                  New Member
                  • Mar 2006
                  • 6

                  #9
                  i already use "window_3_5_4"

                  my IE is fine cuz im browsing arabic sites without prob .

                  Thanks

                  i seems some thing worng when the system Building the Language ,from the xml file

                  cuz even when i open the language source file with Notpad , it show me "?????" as arabic letters ?

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                  • vbDOCTOR
                    New Member
                    • Mar 2006
                    • 10

                    #10
                    These is an encoding prob.

                    Try these lang file it will work.
                    Attached Files

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                    • hatzat
                      New Member
                      • Mar 2006
                      • 6

                      #11
                      vbDoctor Thank u very very much

                      You Are The Man

                      Thanks for all guys tried to help me

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                      • F0ReVeR
                        New Member
                        • Jan 2006
                        • 1

                        #12
                        hi hatzat

                        it looks like it worked for you

                        i got the same problem

                        i dont know what happened, I had the version 3.5.3 working fine and then i upgraded to 3.5.4 and thats when it all started, i thought if i did a clean install it'd work, but still didnt.

                        I have a personal network and the server has windows 2000 advanced server on it

                        i remember i did something stupid on the server couple of days ago right before i tried upgrading which is:

                        Installing microsoft office 2003 suit "arabic edition" (please dont ask why)

                        when i did, i remember i seen those "?s" marks all over the setup prosess steps and the strange me kept on going and knew where the NEXT button at until it was all done and installed,

                        no matter what i did trying to make the VB work again, i couldnt, I even downgraded back to 3.5.3 but i still have the same problem.

                        I guess i messed up the system real bad this time.

                        Help! < I guess! i mean, am sure am asking for > HELP! please

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                        • q8_star
                          Member
                          • Jul 2005
                          • 89
                          • 3.6.x

                          #13
                          I know this problem comes often with UTF-8 and the problem goes away when you change to another language pack with window-1256 .but, Now I want to use the UTF-8 and don't want to change to windows-1256 .How can I get this working ?
                          I'm stuck in the Skys ...

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