Re: use of special character

by "Keith Sellars" <Keith(at)webgraffix.com>

 Date:  Sun, 15 Sep 2002 10:06:32 -0400
 To:  <hwg-basics(at)mail.hwg.org>
 References:  S0026260871 hotmail
  todo: View Thread, Original
Thanks Tim, that worked wonderfully!

Thanks,
Keith D Sellars
WebGraffix
www.webgraffix.com

"Making database sites seem easy"


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Rivera" <timrivera23(at)hotmail.com>
To: "Keith Sellars" <Keith(at)webgraffix.com>; <hwg-basics(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 9:04 PM
Subject: Re: use of special character


> Keith,
>
> Try using &rsaquo;
>
> http://www.bbsinc.com/iso8859.html
>
>
> Tim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Sellars" <Keith(at)webgraffix.com>
> To: <hwg-basics(at)mail.hwg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 5:48 PM
> Subject: use of special character
>
>
> > I'm using a "special character", &#155;   (alt 155) on one of our
> websites.
> > I have found that according to the W3C specs that it apparently isn't
> > supported by charset=iso-8859-1.  Is there an alternate Charset that I
can
> > use that will still vailidate that contains this character?  If so, how
do
> I
> > find this out (legit web references)?
> >
> > Forgive me if I am asking a "dumb" question.  I have recently gotten
into
> > beginning to validate our websites and am still learning about correctly
> > validated pages and correctly integrating CSS into html.
> >
> > I particularly like this character because it is much smaller and better
> > shaped than a ">".  However, if I can't find a way to validate it with
an
> > acceptable charset, I will probably find an alternate solution.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Keith D Sellars
> > WebGraffix
> > www.webgraffix.com
> >
> > "Making database sites seem easy"
> >
>

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