Japanese _and_ English characters

[moderncraft]

Hi there:

I'm a bit mystified, and have searched the forums but can't find any info...

I'm setting up a new store, and would like to be able to include both Japanese and English characters in product names, descriptions, categories, et cetera. I _do not_ need to localize my installation (ie, allow users to 'switch' languages); I just need to be able to display both types of characters.

Is there an easy way to do this? Have I missed something obvious? :)

Any insight appreciated!

Thanks in advance...

[moderncraft]

Hi there:

This is a bump...

ANY insight at all would be appreciated, as I'm having difficulty figuring this out.

Thanks again and in advance....

[scott_see]

I'm in the middle of adding Japanese to www.35north.com, and there isn't a Japanese language pack out there for the lastest version. 1.3.7 or whatever.

So my wife is just typing in the Japanese in the products catalog. We do have English & Japanese set up, but you could just as easily type English and Japanese right into the same one window.

[moderncraft]

I'm in the middle of adding Japanese to www.35north.com, and there isn't a Japanese language pack out there for the lastest version. 1.3.7 or whatever.

So my wife is just typing in the Japanese in the products catalog. We do have English & Japanese set up, but you could just as easily type English and Japanese right into the same one window.

Thanks for the response!

Interesting... Is it my browser setup?

I'm typing japanese characters into the products info (in the admin area), and the characters look fine there. When I update or preview, though, they just turn into question marks...

??

Thanks,

Patrick

[scott_see]

http://www.35north.com/index.php?mai...=5&language=ja

I know this works. See page above.

Here are a few thoughts. My business partner typed the Japanese you see in the above page directly in the Admin > Catalog > Products area.

But since I'm your typical monolinguilstic American, I can only copy and paste Japanese into my site. When I do, sometimes I find the only way to do it is to copy and paste the Japanese into a blank page in Dreamweaver, and then copy the sourcecode into my Zen cart.

See http://www.35north.com/images/screen...f DW-ja-en.gif

So I paste what's highlighed in the code view rather than what's in the design view.

But what you're doing "should" work. Maybe its the browser encoding setting you're using? The font? I'm guessing here. But typing Japanese into the product description should work.

[moderncraft]

Hi Scott:

I appreciate you taking the time to show me the links and screengrab...

I'm mystified a bit! I opened DreamWeaver and created a new page, then "typed" in some Japanese characters... When I switch to code view in DW, all I see is exactly what I typed in. That is, DW isn't automagically encoding the Japanese characters for me.

I can't seem to find a preference in DW to have it auto-rewrite characters' encoding. Have I missed something obvious? I generally use BBEdit, so admit I don't know my way around DW the best. :)

DW also wants me to save the file with UTF-8 encoding (which turnes the Japanese into question marks); When I save it with a Japanese encoding, it shows up fine -- but still just characters, and not encoded in code view.

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Of course, this is a workaround (and one I can live with, if it works!) -- but I'm still concerned that your business partner can simply type into the product/admin area and get goodness coming out on the other side.

I still can't determine if this is computer-specific, or an issue with my install of ZC.

Ideas, anyone?

Thanks!