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#1 2006-12-11 10:31:19
- Jefferson
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- From: East Coast, USA
- Registered: 2006-12-03
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I HOPE I'm putting this in the right place.
At present I am voraciously devouring "Earth Base Alpha" by Siath. I'm up to chapter fifteen or so. The problem I have is a minor one and I found it origianlly when I was reading "Champions" by Sir Winston but put it down to an editing problem. Now, having found it in "Earth Base Alpha" as well, I have to wonder.
The problem is I keep finding question marks where it should obviously be quotes or an apostrophe. Is this an issue with the site? With the stories? Or With my computer?
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#2 2006-12-11 21:10:02
- Eric Storm
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- From: New Port Richey, FL
- Registered: 2006-09-12
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Re: ? = " "
The problem is this: Their files use curly quotes, which Firefox cannot read unless you set the character set to "Windows" (Something I am NOT willing to do, because Windows isn't the only operating system out there.) Now, the site is currently *supposed to* filter these out upon upload. If it's not, then there is an issue. I will look into this and get back to you.
Net Wolf
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#3 2006-12-11 21:51:52
- Trekkie
- Tipsy
- From: Bay Area, California
- Registered: 2006-11-24
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Re: ? = " "
Net Wolf wrote:
The problem is this: Their files use curly quotes, which Firefox cannot read unless you set the character set to "Windows" (Something I am NOT willing to do, because Windows isn't the only operating system out there.)
Heh, im using Firefox 1.5 on SuSE 10.1, and im getting the question marks.
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#4 2006-12-12 00:20:29
- Black Rose
- Evil Bar Wench
- From: The Edge of Nowhere
- Registered: 2006-11-26
- Posts: 164
Re: ? = " "
If the authors uploaded the file before Net Wolf updated the filter, then they need to reupload the file in order for it to function. I should know, that's how I fixed it.
Black Rose
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#5 2006-12-12 03:44:38
- Eric Storm
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Re: ? = " "
Unfortunately, there was a "gap" in that filter, that allowed for one of those "curly characters" through. I have fixed the filter, so future uploads will not have this problem. I just have to write a script to go through and re-filter all the previously uploaded files.
Net Wolf
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