i would look in:
includes/languages/YOUR_TEMPLATE/english.php
and see if you have the code:
the utf8 should be utf-8.Code:define('CHARSET', 'utf8');
on v154, the charset is defined (for english) in:
includes/languages/english.php and has:
but something is overriding it. and i'm guessing the template.Code:define('CHARSET', 'utf-8');
good luck.
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