[TYPO3] Convert TYPO3 website to utf8 encoding

[Ries van Twisk]

Raphael GEYER wrote:

>Hi list,
>
>Did somebody convert an already running TYPO3 website using TemplaVoila in 
>v4.0 and force utf8 encoding ( as preconized in Frontend Localization Guide)
>Are some database convert scripts existing ?
>
>Regards,
>
>Raphael GEYER
>
>  
>
Raphael,

yes I did.
Use iconv to convert your DB to utf8. also remove the iso-header if they 
are there
Create a new DB in UTF-8 and re-import back.
Then follow the wiki to set typo3 to utf-8. Both BE and FE.

Ries

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