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I posted a tutorial as to how to transition zen-cart over to UTF-8 encoding also having the database encoded in UTF-8 too. This was made for carts using Japanese, but it could be used for many other languages.
Here is the link
UTF-8 Zen-Cart
I hope people find this helpful.
Regards,
CKD
Excellent tutorial.. thanks for taking time
to create and share
:clap:
Its always good to give back. I wish, I had more to give.
Thanks for the tip. It would be something great to have as a standard feature in a next version of Zencart.
I wish it was UTF-8 from the get go too, but I understand that when they started zen-cart, UTF-8 wasnt really a good option then. So to change everyone over, would be a huge pain I am sure. I would like to make a way to take an existing cart and change it over to UTF-8, database and all.
Maybe when I get more time, I will look into that.
if i already installed my zen cart, would i need to re-install after i finished everything in the tutorial
@bmpt
This is aimed at starting with a fresh install. If you are running your cart already and you apply this to a current cart, there could be problems. What languages are you running?
I would recomend you install on a backup store first. But let me know your setup and maybe I can offer some suggestions.
Regards,
CKD
I kind of thought that, Im only running English right now & most likely i will only offer English, My Sister lives in japan & i wanted to see how accurate the translation is. Thanks for the advise
I am sorry, i might be wrong, but it seems Zen-cart install creates databases in other collation, the should be some touches in install directory as well (correct me if i am wrong)
@lazy_666
Wow, thats name you got there, anyways. Did it not work for you? It should work as is no problem, but please let me know if you do encounter a problem.
Regards,
CKD