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Hey everyone,

I was creating new submissions, when my text appears in question marks. I was writing in Lithuanian language words, for example: (Aa Ąą Bb Cc Čč Dd Ee Ęę Ėė Ff Gg Hh Ii Įį Yy Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Rr Ss Šš Tt Uu Ųų Ūū Vv Zz Žž)

Tried to edit letters in database, but still it converts into question marks.

Example:

Monginait? → Monginaitė

Dzinkevi?ius → Dzinkevičius

What should i try to do ?

Thank you,
Lukas

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Hi @Lukas,

Ensure that your character set configuration in config.inc.php uses UTF8. For example:

client_charset = utf-8
connection_charset = utf8
database_charset = utf8

If you’ve been using OJS in a different configuration, you may have to transcode your database with a tool like iconv. Also ensure your database itself is configured to store data in the UTF8 encoding.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

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