Formatting Issues - Can't Figure it Out!!

[ffemtshok]

Hi,

I am having some formatting issues on my Zen cart front end.

Some of the dashes and spaces that appear normal in the back end of the catalog (even on the page preview), appear as black boxes containing question marks in the front end.

http://code1web.com/reg/index.php?ma...products_id=78

I have also noted that the item description is shifted pretty far to the right.

Can someone please provide me with some direction to fix this?

Thanks!!!!

Rich

[buildingblocks]

did you do a copy and paste of your description from a word processor like MS Word or something?

[ffemtshok]

No, I wrote the html and there are no such characters in the code! It shows up on multiple pages too...

[schoolboy]

Grab the HTML (not off the zencart page but from the program you used to create the original)...

... and paste it here, encased with [CODE] tags

[buildingblocks]

Could it have something to with character encoding? My firefox browser was set to Western (ISO-8859-1) and was seeing what you describe. I changed it to western (windows 1252) and things look normal on your page.

You can find this in the tool bar View > character encoding.

I don't know what this means as far as zencart, your descriptions, the database and your viewers.

[ffemtshok]

Grab the HTML (not off the zencart page but from the program you used to create the original)...

... and paste it here, encased with [CODE] tags

<font face="verdana" size="5"></font><center><font face="verdana" size="5"><b><br /><br /><br />TACTICAL BASIC LIFE SUPPORT</b></font>
<b><br />
<br /><font face="verdana" size="3">Saturday and Sunday
<br />January 16–17, 2010
<br />
<br />8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
<br />
<BR>Location to be Announced</font></b></center><b><font face="verdana" size="3"></font></b><font face="verdana" size="3"></font>
<br />
<br />
<br /><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Description:</b>  This 15 hour EMS Continuing Education program presents tactics that EMS Professionals can use during high risk situations – those involving guns and knives.  Topics discussed will include providing care under fire; assessments in sensory overload/deprived environments; bleeding control including the use of tourniquets and hemostatic agents; and K-9 medicine considerations.
<br />
<br /><b>Instructor:</b>  Ian McDevitt, NREMT-P
<br />Ian is a Tactical Paramedic with 20 years experience and the author of “Tactical Medicine.”  He is a former officer in the US Army Reserves, Airborne and has worked as an Infantry Paramedic with three combat/remote medic tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Central America.   Ian has worked as a Tactical Paramedic for the Willimantic Police Department.  He is an internationally recognized, authority on Tactical Medicine and has served as an advisor to Special Forces and Police in 2 countries. 
<br />
<br /><b>Prerequisites:</b>  Must have current Healthcare Provider CPR card to participate.
<br /> 
<br /><b>Course Fees:</b>	  $195 – Includes “Tactical Medicine” Textbook and Certificate of Completion
<br />
<br /><b>Continuing Education Units may be available from CT OEMS</b></font>

[ffemtshok]

Could it have something to with character encoding? My firefox browser was set to Western (ISO-8859-1) and was seeing what you describe. I changed it to western (windows 1252) and things look normal on your page.

You can find this in the tool bar View > character encoding.

I don't know what this means as far as zencart, your descriptions, the database and your viewers.

I just tried changing my browser settings to western 1252 and am still seeing the same characters, even on restart of mozilla, wierd

[schoolboy]

You are inserting ACTUAL double quotes around some elements:

"Tactical Medicine"

Should be...

"Tactical Medicine"