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How to use foreign characters on your Squidoo lens
If you are creating a lens about languages, a multilingual lens or just using some foreign phrases, then this lens teaches you how to put foreign characters on your lens.
I have used Turkish examples in this lens because I am designing websites in Turkey. The principle applies to all languages that can be represented with the UTF-8 character set.
My first lens (Now You're Talking Turkey) needed foreign characters for a couple of phrases. [The section that used these phrases grew and became my lens: Getting a men's haircut in Turkey].
This lens is a result of my experimentation and experience in learning how to enter foreign characters on Squidoo.
I have found my own instructions in this lens helpful while I am creating my latest lens on Living in Turkey : Housing
Note: This lens may become obsolete with multi-lingual development of Squidoo.
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"...you need to enter your foreign characters as HTML codes..."
Foreign Characters and Symbols in Text/Write Modules:
How to use the codes
For example to enter this Turkish phrase "elinize sağlık" meaning "health to your hands", you need to type ğ for ğ and ı for ı.
If you just type the foreign characters from your keyboard, only certain characters may work. For example typing the Turkish work "işçilik" meaning "workmanship" on a Turkish keyboard may give the unexpected result of "i%u015Fçilik". Here the "ç" works, but the "ş" does not. Likewise, care should be taken when copying and pasting in text containing foreign characters.
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Reader Feedback
Chadrew wrote...
Ah, that's helpful. I was wondering whether there was a way to add foreign characters on Squidoo.
Posted February 18, 2009
nickclaw wrote...
Hey, te%u015Fekkürler for the helpful lens! (Did my copying and pasting work?) I recently moved to Turkey myself. I'm getting a few Turkish phrases under my belt so I need to learn from these foreign character tips.
Posted September 25, 2008
gwkell wrote...
Thanks for the great lens. I'd like more information about Web Design using foreign characters.
Posted March 05, 2008
Retro_Loco wrote...
Another great lens, Peter! I admire anyone who can design a website in multiple languages! Vintage Aprons
Posted November 23, 2007
KCStargazer wrote...
Superb! As Squidoo expands even more into the non-English speaking world, this will be essential information for lensmasters around the World Wide Web. Welcome to the Pimp My Lens: Great Lensmastering Tips and Tricks Group!
Posted July 28, 2007
Margaret_Schaut wrote...
This is a VERY helpful lens! Please add it to my group Squidoo It All. Someone will be very pleased to see it!
Posted June 27, 2007
More character code lists
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Thanks for reading
by Peter.Murray
I am a web designer, living in Turkey because of the wonderful culture and people and great opportunities here.
Many of the websites I design have mult...
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