[TYPO3-UG UK] Help - Special characters

[Elisabetta Spediacci]

Dear Denyer, Edmund and Piers,
at this point I'm pretty sure I'd better ask the person who took care of
the website at the beginning. I hope he'll have the time to explain me what
the problem was and how he (hopefully) fixed it, so that I can report back!
In the meantime thank you all for your kind help!
Elisabetta


On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Edmund Huggett <edmund at xact.uk.com> wrote:

> Hi Elisabetta,
>
> You will need direct access (such as FTP or SSH) to the server that the
> typo3 files are on to edit localconf.php!
>
> just to be clear, its a file you need to open with a text editor and not a
> web page you can view in a web browser.
>
> When you have found the directory than contains all the Typo3 files (the
> webroot) you can find localconf.php inside the "typo3conf" directory, I
> would suggest you take a copy before you try to edit it just in case (and
> make sure your backups are working before you change anything with the
> install tool!).
>
> Regards
>
> Edmund
>
>
>
> On 24/10/12 10:37, Elisabetta Spediacci wrote:
>
>> Hi Edmund,
>> thanks, it does sound like the solution, but my problem lies ahead. I
>> don't
>> know how to get to my localconf.php! Do I have to type an url or search
>> for
>> it in the column on the left? I tried, unsuccessfully, both ways.
>> I confess, in dealing with settings I'm an absolute beginner!
>> Elisabetta
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Edmund Huggett <edmund at xact.uk.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Hi,
>>>
>>> if you insert the following line at the very _end_ of your localconf.php
>>> your password will be reset to the default of joh316
>>>
>>> $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['****installToolPassword'] = '**
>>> bacb98acf97e0b6112b1d1b650b849****71';
>>>
>>> Of course, it goes without saying that you should change the install tool
>>> password as soon as you have logged in.
>>>
>>> Hope this is what you needed
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Edmund
>>>
>>>
>>> On 23/10/12 14:56, Elisabetta Spediacci wrote:
>>>
>>>  Dear Denyer,
>>>> thank you very much for your reply.
>>>>
>>>> I tried to follow your advice, but I'm stuck again. This is the path I
>>>> followed:
>>>> User tools > User settings > Admin functions > Create install tool
>>>> enable
>>>> file
>>>> Admin tools > Install
>>>> At this point I got a page asking me for a password. I tried with the
>>>> one
>>>> I
>>>> use to access the backend, but it didn't work.
>>>>
>>>> I know you cannot tell me my password :-), but maybe you can explain me
>>>> what the following message, displayed in same page, means:
>>>>
>>>> "The Install Tool Password is *not* the admin password of TYPO3.
>>>> The default password is *XXX**. Be sure to change it!
>>>> If you don't know the current password, you can set a new one by setting
>>>> the value of $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['****installToolPassword'] in
>>>> typo3conf/localconf.php to the md5() hash value of the password you
>>>> desire."
>>>>
>>>> *[this password did not work either]
>>>>
>>>> Looking forward to your answer!
>>>> Elisabetta
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 1:42 AM, Denyer <denyer at sozu.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   Hey there,
>>>>
>>>>> Are you able to check whether the frontend rendering charset matches
>>>>> the
>>>>> one set for the BE and the database? Look in the install tool for
>>>>> "charset", as well as in your site template TS.
>>>>>
>>>>> Often a mis-match here will cause special characters to be stored
>>>>> and/or
>>>>> displayed incorrectly.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>> Denyer
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:17:03 +0100, Elisabetta Spediacci <
>>>>> espediacci at elia-association.******org <espediacci at elia-association.***
>>>>> *org<espediacci at elia-**association.org<espediacci at elia-association.org>
>>>>> >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>    Dear All,
>>>>>
>>>>>  I hope I'm in the right place and you can help me out.
>>>>>> In certain pages of the website I take care of (news section) I cannot
>>>>>> view
>>>>>> correctly any special character, in particular the French letter ç. I
>>>>>> tried
>>>>>> in several ways (by typing it directly, by selecting it from the
>>>>>> special
>>>>>> character list of Typo3 and even by typing the associated html code),
>>>>>> but
>>>>>> all I got was a question mark.
>>>>>> Have you ever bumped into the same problem? How did you solve it?
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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Elisabetta Spediacci
ELIA Administrative Assistant