Unicode UTF-8 for html

[ganesh77]

Hi,

I am planning to start a site in the south Indian language kannada. The question I have is -

In my "Feedback" or "Contact Me" form, if I want my users to write in Kannada which should be displayed to them in the preview form and also be transmitted in Kannada.

How can I do that ? I am not a techie so would appreciate if someone can give me a Step by Step instructions (if possible the code itself) and help.

Thanks a lot for your help, in advance.

Ganesh

[AricC]

For XHTML:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />

For XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

[ganesh77]

Thanks.

But I really do not understand what your reply is. Are you saying that if I use the following meta tags, my users will be able to type in the language I wanted and actually be transmitted in the same language ?

Please be a little more clear with your answer. Thanks a lot.

[ganesh77]

I tried that.........an d it does not work.

[AricC]

Are you saying you want the input language of your keyboard to be something other than English?

[ganesh77]

Not necessarily. I want the output to be the language other than English.

People can use other softwares to create the content in the language that we want, cut and paste into pour form and when sent the output should be the same language they intended it to be.

Not sure if I am explainging properly.

[AricC]

Not sure if I am explainging properly.

I'm not really following maybe an example would be better.

[drhowarddrfine]

Unicode/utf-8 is not for translating languages in any way. It is for encoding the characters in the text to accomodate all the characters available in all languages, such as those containing diacratics (sp). The language you use is unaffected, only the character usage.

[ganesh77]

ಹೊಸ ವರುಷದ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು

Now I have written the above in my language. and we are able to read it.

What I want is my users to do that same thing in my userform. If they use a language software and cut and paste the message, I am able to read it the in the same language they have created the text.

Am I clear now.


I am not looking for translation.

[drhowarddrfine]

By translate, I meant change your language into another language just by using utf-8 but I see you mean to copy/paste into another form.

I still do not have my new computer up and running yet to test this. In fact, I don't have my own computer at all right now. But if both are utf-8, I would think you could cut/paste them, one form into another.

Are you saying this doesn't work or is that your question?

[ganesh77]

. But if both are utf-8, I would think you could cut/paste them, one form into another.

Are you saying this doesn't work or is that your question?

Now we are on the same page. You say if both are utf-8.....How do I make my page/form UTF-8, so that people could just cut and paste it into my form.

To give you an example, see this Greeting cards site where you can send messages in many languages.

http://www.kriyayoga.com/pd/LoveCards3.html

So if I use a similar form in my website for my users to send their messages in the language I want..........W hat would I do ?? this is my question.

How would I design the form and what would be my coding for using UTF - 8 characters ??

Thanks guys for all your help. I truly apprecaite it.

[drhowarddrfine]

I will refer you to this W3C page and this one along with this article before I make any blundering comments since it may be more helpful since you are using different languages.

[ganesh77]

Thank you very much.

I will go through the site and the article and come back if I have more questions.

Take care