I am trying to encode German characters in html. I just want to use the special character codes. For the Umlaut, I've tried using both Ü and Ü and neither renders properly. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.
This is for a Squarespace site, and I am inserting Javascript into their Code Injection page, into the footer. I am using Javascript to write a German word on the page. The relevant part of my code looks like the below. And the problem is that this simply renders "& U uml;ber' (space added by me because the umlaut renders properly on Stack Overflow without it) on the page rather than Uber with an umlaut. Thanks!
var strings = {
'About': {
'de': 'Über'
},
I am trying to encode German characters in html. I just want to use the special character codes. For the Umlaut, I've tried using both Ü and Ü and neither renders properly. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.
This is for a Squarespace site, and I am inserting Javascript into their Code Injection page, into the footer. I am using Javascript to write a German word on the page. The relevant part of my code looks like the below. And the problem is that this simply renders "& U uml;ber' (space added by me because the umlaut renders properly on Stack Overflow without it) on the page rather than Uber with an umlaut. Thanks!
var strings = {
'About': {
'de': 'Über'
},
- Can you show what you are seeing that seems improper? What browser are you using? – chicks Commented Sep 27, 2015 at 21:16
2 Answers
Reset to default 5Try using Ü for the German character Ü.
You need to escape special characters in HTML, unless...
You address the encoding issue on a document-wide level by adding the following line of code at the beginning of the <head> section:
<meta charset="utf-8">
Then you don't need to escape special characters individually.
Further reading:
- Character encodings for beginners
- Declaring character encodings in HTML
- Declaring character encodings in CSS
UPDATE 1 (Javascript)
- Convert special characters to HTML in Javascript
- How to convert characters to HTML entities using plain JavaScript
UPDATE 2 (Squarespace)
- HTML Special Characters and Squarespace
- special character in squarespace (text block)
- If you are a Squarespace customer, they provide 24/7 customer support. Contact them directly.
This solution worked for me. Use the hex code but eliminate the &# from the beginning and add a /
So, to render the word "Über" within Javascript in Squarespace, use /xdcber