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# Figure out which files have recently been edited | # Figure out which files have recently been edited | ||
# | ## Once you find the file causing the problem, you would need to resave the file without BOM, you would need a decent text editor like notepad++ to do this. | ||
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## If you need to edit the file in UTF-8 mode, use an editor which will allow you to "save without Byte Order Mark" | ## If you need to edit the file in UTF-8 mode, use an editor which will allow you to "save without Byte Order Mark" | ||
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Revision as of 17:54, 26 March 2012
In some browsers, you see the character  somewhere in your forum, often in the upper left. This is a UTF-8 "Byte Order Mark". It got into one of your forum files when somebody editted and saved that file while editing in UTF-8 mode Microsoft editors are often blamed for adding this mark at the beginning of files.
To solve this problem:
- Figure out which files have recently been edited
- Once you find the file causing the problem, you would need to resave the file without BOM, you would need a decent text editor like notepad++ to do this.
- If you need to edit the file in UTF-8 mode, use an editor which will allow you to "save without Byte Order Mark"