Quotation marks and special characters

Hello,
Does anyone know why quotations marks are rendered as a box (space?)
character on JSP page when displayed as a portlet? They are displayed fine
as a standalone JSP page.
Thank you,
Makoto

Hi Brodi,
Thanks for your insight! Actually we're using WLP 7 - so no visitor tools.
The JSP page doesn't explicitly set the encoding and I'm looking for a tag
line or code that specifies it for the portal page, along with .portal file.
So far I've only seen a reference to character set in i18n:localize tag. Are
the portlet pages processed with certain encoding defined in such tags
before pushed out to the portal page?
Thank you,
Makoto
"Brodi Beartusk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
>
Makoto-
Sounds like a mismatch between the output encoding used between the jspand the
portal. When running the jsp stand-along, it is the jsp that determinesthe output
encoding, while when running from within the portal, it is the .portalfile or
the streamed db portal that determines the output encoding.
If you are using a .portal file, the portal:directive.page element (foundimmediately
after portal:root) is used to define the output encoding, as in:
<portal:directive.page contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8"/>
If you are using a streamed portal, I believe you can use the Visitortools to
set the output encoding for a desktop.
By default, all portals should have their output encoding specified asUTF-8.
I would recommend using the same for your jsp's.
-Brodi Beartusk

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