asked on 9/26/2016

how do you get these � Marks in your text?

Hi There,
All over my news pages here http://www.bizgro.jobs/news/ you can see rouge glyphs like �
How on earth do they get there and how do I remove them without actually going through every single page and removing them?
Thanks in advance, A

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PortletPaul

9/27/2016

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Terry Woods

9/26/2016

There's a solution suggested here: http://wpfab.com/clean-up-weird-characters-in-your-wordpress-posts/

Back up your site first, or limit it to one post, just in case it does something unexpected.

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, 'ï¿½', '');

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Amanda Watson

9/26/2016

ASKER

Shall I enter that code into SQL in the database via phpmyAdmin?

Geert G

9/26/2016

this has nothing to do with Delphi
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Amanda Watson

9/26/2016

ASKER

Well I ran the query and 0 rows were affected so they remain?
Now what, any ideas?

PortletPaul

9/26/2016

It may not be as simple as a single update query in the database. There seem to be several reasons for those glyphs including quotes, hyphens, apostrophes and possibly more than just those.

Here is an example (but for some parts I am guessing)
(as is)

�Marketing is telling the truth attractively� � as heard from Peter Daniels. To me, 
marketing is opening yourself up to the world – which is risky � and being proud of what you
 can give and serve others with. I also believe that if a business is not marketing it will have 
poor customer service. We should always be willing to give with no expectation of a return. 
That doesn�t mean we should never ask for remuneration for our goods and services. It just
 means that we have enough of our own self-esteem that we don�t need outward 
affirmation (paid or unpaid) that we have given enough.

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"Marketing is telling the truth attractively" as heard from Peter Daniels.

To me, marketing is opening yourself up to the world – which is risky - and being proud of what you can give and serve others with. I also believe that if a business is not marketing it will have poor customer service. We should always be willing to give with no expectation of a return. That doesn't mean we should never ask for remuneration for our goods and services. It just means that we have enough of our own self-esteem that we don't need outward affirmation (paid or unpaid) that we have given enough.

In that example some of the glyphs relate to possible quotation marks or perhaps bullets while others relate to hyphenation or apostrophes.

Most likely is that someone is using a WYSIWYG editor (such as Word) and pasting into into the Wordpress text boxes assuming all formatting is universal (which is not true).

That practice will have to stop if you are to solve this from happening again and again.

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Amanda Watson

9/26/2016

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Thanks for the explanation. Any idea how to remove them easily as per the question?

PortletPaul

9/27/2016

As I attempted to demonstrate, it probably isn't as simple as a single update query.

I suggest you try manual correction on one or two, and you will then understand that if you replace all those glyphs with a single character you will still have a large problem to solve. Perhaps worse than before by the way as it will be harder to identify.

Sorry.