I have something very special coming up for tomorrow - M. Bouba of Ghasbouba has graciously agreed to write something in response to Gaddafi’s silly speech. He also reminded me that September 1 is “Fateh,” the anniversary of Gaddafi’s coup in 1969 - so it’s a very appropriate time to counter the statements of the […]
After upgrading my Wordpress install, Arabic text simply wouldn’t render - even in the post edit screen. As soon as the post was saved, it became “??????”
After a lot of searching around, trying different themes, using code to force the font, etc… here’s the solution:
In your wp-config.php, delete the two lines,
define(’DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8′);
define(’DB_COLLATE’, ”);
Wheee!!!
Taamarbuta - “A group of us were sitting in first class, we had just passed Rabat, when all of a sudden the train grinded to a halt.”
Liosliath Says:
June 25th, 2007 at 4:43 am
Did you just write “grinded to a halt?”
taamarbuuta Says:
June 25th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
@ Liosliath - Ground to a halt? Is […]
I love this site - it’s a fun and easy to follow concept.
I’m hoping that he’ll have quizzes later on - like posting a conversation, and the first person to correctly translate it (er, a non-native speaker, that is) will get a little gif to put on their blog. I know, I’m silly, but […]
Global Voices was kind enough to link to this blog, but the sub-heading made me pause - “They Blog In English.” For those familiar with American sci-fi, this brings to mind such classics as “They Came From Outer Space,” “They Live,” and the ever-popular “They.”
It also made me consider something - most of the […]
