Strange Characters on Web Pages created with IWeb
Folks using IWeb to create web pages sometimes see strange characters when viewing them on the web.
Explanation:
When creating documents using Apple's IWeb application, it uses a different Character Set than our regular web environment.
The Fix:
Place a special file on your web folder (w: drive). This file should be called ".htaccess" and tells our web servers what settings to use when it serves your documents.
The file can be downloaded from this page or you can create it by hand.
To create the file by hand:
When creating documents using Apple's IWeb application, it uses a different Character Set than our regular web environment.
The Fix:
Place a special file on your web folder (w: drive). This file should be called ".htaccess" and tells our web servers what settings to use when it serves your documents.
The file can be downloaded from this page or you can create it by hand.
To create the file by hand:
- Create a file on your w: drive area called ".htaccess".
- Edit the file using notepad and copy/paste the following line of text:
AddDefaultCharset utf-8 - Save the document and wait a couple of minutes.
- Go check your webpage to see that it's working (no strange characters).

