Tag: special characters

  • JavaScript and CDATA sections in WordPress posts

    In the context of the XHTML-conform embedding of Google Maps, I encountered two problems (again): When I tried to insert the JavaScript with the CDATA section, WordPress got under my feet with its usually so comfortable automatic formatting functions. The end marker /* ]]> */ suddenly became: /* ]]> */ A line in the file…

  • ä�ö�ü�ß – Those damned special characters!

    Who doesn’t know the annoying problem with special characters being displayed wrongly (or not at all) on websites… In my case today, it was a Windows computer that wouldn’t display some special characters on various sites, although it worked on other computers with identical browsers. As often before, the solution seems so simple to me…