Fetch Softworks

Weird characters at beginning of file (4 posts)

• Started 18 years ago by mac-christian
• Latest reply 18 years ago from Scott McGuire

• mac-christian Member

  When I upload HTML files to a server (running WebTen software on MacOS 9) I end up with an uploaded file that has some weird character at the beginning of the file (just before the actual HTML code starts). I think it is random text, which has nothing to do with the file at all.

  When I edit the file on the server (using Command-J and BBEdit), I can remove these characters.

  I am using Fetch 5.0.4 (today upgraded to 5.0.5) on MacOS X 10.4.3 ("Tiger").

  How can I avoid this behaviour?

  Posted 18 years ago #

• Scott McGuire Administrator

  Hi,

  What text editor are you using to edit your HTML files?

  Thanks,

  Scott McGuire
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 18 years ago #

• mac-christian Member

  Used the Taco HTML Edit on 10.4.3 - but it also happened with files previously edited (under OS 9) with BBEdit and other text/HTML editors. I am _not_ using anything like Dreamweaver etc.

  Christian.

  Posted 18 years ago #

• Scott McGuire Administrator

  Hi,

  It looks like the Taco HTML Edit folks have an FAQ about this issue. See:

  http://tacosw.com/htmledit/faq.php#encoding

  (See the "When I preview a document in a browser, I see strange characters. What should I do?" question.)

  Fetch is not adding the extra characters, Taco HTML Edit is. BBEdit will also add the extra characters - they are called a "BOM" to help text editors identify the encoding used in the file. The solution for the BBEdit files is the same as the one mentioned in the Taco HTML FAQ.

  Hope this helps,

  Scott McGuire
  Fetch Softworks

  [This message has been edited by ScottMcGuire (edited 01-03-2006).]

  Posted 18 years ago #