Configuration sub-menue

[salib]

I have installed today the latest Japanese version of my host-server located in Texas, the USA successfully.
However, when I accessed the administration area to fine-tune the settings, I found out that the items in sub-menu of the configuration menu are all gibberish. Instead of getting legible items I only get question-marks, such as "??????????".
I thought it was a problem of encoding and played around with the browser's encoding without prevail.
I can only guess that there is something wrong with the php configuration files, but I am not sure.
Could anyone help me and give me some advise.
Thanks in advance for your kind attention.
TIA
Alfred

[salib]

I have installed today the latest Japanese version of my host-server located in Texas, the USA successfully.
However, when I accessed the administration area to fine-tune the settings, I found out that the items in sub-menu of the configuration menu are all gibberish. Instead of getting legible items I only get question-marks, such as "??????????".
I thought it was a problem of encoding and played around with the browser's encoding without prevail.
I can only guess that there is something wrong with the php configuration files, but I am not sure.
Could anyone help me and give me some advise.
Thanks in advance for your kind attention.
TIA
Alfred

The configuration should be as follows:
Admin - Configuration Menu Items: My Store · Minimum Values · Maximum Values · Images · Customer Details · Shipping/Packaging · Product Listing · Stock · Logging · E-Mail Options · Attribute Settings · GZip Compression · Sessions · Regulations · GV Coupons · Credit Cards · Product Info · Layout Settings · Website Maintenance · New Listing · Featured Listing · All Listing · Index Listing · Define Page Status · EZ-Pages Settings

But instead of getting the above listed items I am getting a list of question marks as as follows;
???????
?????????????
????
etc.

[canopy]

Maybe this thread will be helpful as the '?' mark problem with the configuration menu seems to be similar.

[salib]

Thank you for your kind attention.

I download yesterday your book from Cucumbermedia.
I am reading it right now. It is very helpful.

I have uploaded the zen-cart-v1.3.0.2-l10n-jp-5 to a local server in Osaka for trial and it seems to be working fine, except that the administration menu does not switch to English. However, this is not a problem since I am fluent in Japanese. I have tried the cart with various browsers and was able to switch from Japanese to English and back to Japanese without any problem.

I will try to create my own template and see that it will look.

I have also installed the same version, zen-cart-v1.3.0.2-l10n-jp-5, on a server located in Houston, Texas. However, I can not read the sub-menu of "configuration", which as I have mentioned previously, instead of showing the actual items of the sub-menu, it shows a list of question marks ("?????").
I deleted and uploaded again the above version to the server and have copied the admin, editors, includes files of the version (CKD-Zen-Cart-Japanese-Pack1.0-UTF-8) kindly provided by S.R. Ward Web Development on their website (http://www.srw2d.com/content/utf-8-zen-cart), since this version did not include zc_install files.
I tried to install this mixed, unfortunately I am waiting host-server 's people to set Register Globals to "ON".

Thank you again.
Alfred

[salib]

I have submitted my reply before reviewing my post and have found several errors. Please allow me to make corrections as follows:

Thank you for your kind attention.

I downloaded yesterday your book from Cucumbermedia.
I am reading it right now. It is very helpful.

I have uploaded the zen-cart-v1.3.0.2-l10n-jp-5 to a local server in Osaka for trial and it seems to be working fine, except that the administration menu does not switch to English. However, this is not a problem since I am fluent in Japanese. I have tried the cart with various browsers and was able to switch from Japanese to English and back to Japanese without any problem.

I will try to create my own template and polish the store outlook and see how it will look.

I have also installed the same version, zen-cart-v1.3.0.2-l10n-jp-5, on a server located in Houston, Texas. However, I can not read the sub-menu of "configuration", which, as I have mentioned previously, instead of showing the actual items of the sub-menu, is showing a list of question marks ("?????").
I deleted and uploaded again the above version to the server and have replaced the admin, includes files and added editors provided in the version (CKD-Zen-Cart-Japanese-Pack1.0-UTF-8) kindly offered by S.R. Ward Web Development on their website (http://www.srw2d.com/content/utf-8-zen-cart), since this version did not include zc_install files.
I tried to install this mixed version, unfortunately I am waiting host-server 's people to set Register Globals to "OFF".

Thank you again.
Alfred

[canopy]

Thanks for the detailed write-up on what you've done so far.

I'm not sure if I've missed something but you may want to double-check your database settings via phpMyAdmin and the connection from Zen Cart to your database are all done via utf-8 as indicated on the page you referred to.

Do keep us posted on the outcome when Register Globals is set to OFF on your host.

[salib]

After setting the database settings via phpMyAdmin to utf-8 as instructed by S.R. Ward Web Development, and setting the Register_Globals to "OFF", I installed the mixed version, the Japanese Version (zen-cart-v1.3.0.2-l10n-jp-5C with the admin, includes and editors files of the CKD-Zen-Cart-Japanese-Pack1.0-UTF-8 provided by S.R. Ward Web Development.
However, when installing the zen cart the following error occurred on the server: "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/xmujpcd/public_html/Zstore/includes/classes/db/mysql/query_factory.php on line 70" I suspected that it was the the key change,which is //BOF changed for utf-8 mysql_query('SET NAMES "utf8"', $this->link); //EOF changed for utf-8, was the problem and deleted this line from the query_factory.php file and started again the installation process. It worked. Namely Zen Cart was installed on the server located in Houston, Texas. Unfortunately, it is the same problem with the administration console. It is impossible to read the items under "Configuration". All the items appears as question marks "????" when selecting English, and they are all illegible gibberish when selecting Japanese. The other items in the drop-down menus of the console shows perfectly well both in English and Japanese.

I installed the same package on local server in Osaka, Japan without the PHP code "mysql_query('SET NAMES "utf8"', $this->link)" :
(a) On the administration console: Only Japanese is available for the configuration items, which is not a problem for me since I am fluent in Japanese. However, others foreigners might find it very inconvenient.
(b) On the front store. It is possible to use both languages Japanese and English, and the description in both languages shows without any problem.
I followed your instructions as provided in your book and added two categories with two products, with the specifications both in Japanese and English, for each category without any problem. They are showing fine of the front store in both languages.
I have also registered two "dummy" customers, one in Japanese and one in English and received the welcome email in Japanese for the Japanese speaking customer and in English for the English speaking customer.
I would have like to to set it up on the Houston server, since I have been using this server services for the last five years. In the event that I can not set the Zen Cart on the Houston server, I will have to switch to a local server in Osaka.
This is said, other potential user in the US
may like to use a package with a Japanese language, and it would be really great if there is any way to solve the issue.
Thank you for your kind help.
Best regards
Alfred

[salib]

Many thanks to KH for his fantastic book and to S.R. Ward Web Developmen for the Japanese language version.
I have installed successfully the multilingual (Japanese-English) Zen cart the server in TX as follows;
1) Upload and install the full English version to the server
2) Set MySql DB Collation to UTF-8
3) Change the followings:
includes/languages/english.php
a) ->Line 22 : @setlocale(LC_TIME, 'en_US.ISO_8859-1'); Change to ->: @setlocale(LC_TIME, 'en_US.utf8');
b) ->Line 49 : define('CHARSET', 'iso-8859-1'); Change to ->: define('CHARSET', 'utf-8')

4) admin/includes/languages/english.php
a) line 20 : setlocale(LC_TIME, 'en_US.ISO_8859-1'); Change to : setlocale(LC_TIME, 'en_US.utf8');
b) line 63 : define('CHARSET', 'iso-8859-1'); Change to: define('CHARSET', 'utf-8');

However, the query_factory.php., was left unchanged the key change suggested by S.R. Ward Web Development ( //BOF changed for utf-8 mysql_query('SET NAMES "utf8"', $this->link); //EOF changed for utf-8) was not added.

Except for the Configuration sub-menu in the admin area, which is English, all the other menus can be displayed in English or Japanese. This is exactly the opposite of what is happening on the local server in Osaka.
Alfred

[canopy]

Dealing with the combination of different pieces of software, the different versions in each software, and their different configurations does require a lot of effort, time, and patience.

I'm very glad you finally got everything working. Thanks for posting the details here as well.