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Try it by...Originally Posted by emark
If that page is "index.html"...
Make a back up copy as "index-bak.html".
Create new "index.html"
Copy everything from "index-bak.html"
Remove  ??? from the top and save it.
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 ??? In a template I'm using, these characters  appear in front of the
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en">..... statement.
Anybody know what these are, what are they for, and what happens if I remove them?
Try it by...
If that page is "index.html"...
Make a back up copy as "index-bak.html".
Create new "index.html"
Copy everything from "index-bak.html"
Remove  ??? from the top and save it.
It's the Unicode byte order mark.
Thanks guys,
Thanks copper. I did backup everything. The pages loaded and looked alright, I just didn't know if I removed it would that affect the way the code is presented, and hence the page being displayed.
And sdsinc, what is the mark actually doing? Is it like a verification that the code is in order? I'm going to look up info in it, but finding out from someone who knows is a lot easier for me to understand.
This will help you. http://www.unicode.org/faq/utf_bom.html#BOM
BTW: what HTML editor do you use ?
coolsniper, I'm using the Coffee Cup free version.
"primarily of unmarked plaintext files" Am I understanding this correctly? The BOM is really not necessary for html, xhtml, php pages.
You can get rid of the BOM, in particular if your pages do not contain UTF-8 text.
Check under which format your editor is saving files - UTF-8/ANSI or otherwise.
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