setting character encoding via .htaccess?

Hello keyboard wizzard,
i just read an article on this site about .htaccess. I am looking for a way to change the character encoding for my site. The (Apache)server uses charset=iso-8859-1 . But i would like utf-8 much better... The hosting company told my i could change it through a .htaccess directive. I did not find this in the tutorial though. Anyone an idea?
thanks for any answers,
:)

Hello keyboard wizzard,
i just read an article on this site about .htaccess. I am looking for a way to change the character encoding for my site. The (Apache)server uses charset=iso-8859-1 . But i would like utf-8 much better... The hosting company told my i could change it through a .htaccess directive. I did not find this in the tutorial though. Anyone an idea?
thanks for any answers,
:)

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#adddefaultcharset

best regards

This looks like the right tutorial to me.
Thanks for your help,
I think i will soon have less trouble with my website in Frisian language...
http://www.folkshegeskoalle.nl/frysk/wolkom.html

jolina

This looks like the right tutorial to me.
Thanks for your help,
I think i will soon have less trouble with my website in Frisian language...
http://www.folkshegeskoalle.nl/frysk/wolkom.html

jolina
you are welcome. :)
probably you may also validate html murkup:

http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.folkshegeskoalle.nl%2Ffrysk%2Fwolkom.html

best regards