[ALUG] Why does Firefox always use UTF-8 for this page?

[MJ Ray]

Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 03:05:20PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
> > Check the HTTP header (curl -I or wget --head) of the URL.  The HTTP
> > header and XML opening both trump the http-equiv meta, as described in
> > http://www.w3.org/International/O-charset#declaring
> > with links to how to correct things.
> > 
> OK, thanks, that *explains* it then:-
[...]
> However, how do I get a file which has some ISO-8859-1 encodings in it
> to be transmitted correctly by the web server?  

Follow the links from that URL to how to correct things.  In this
case, you want "Setting the HTTP charset parameter" which includes:

  "Apache. This can be done via the AddCharset (Apache 1.3.10 and
  later) or AddType directives, for directories or individual
  resources (files). With AddDefaultCharset (Apache 1.3.12 and later),
  it is possible to set the default 'charset' for a whole server. For
  more information, see the article on Setting 'charset' information
  in .htaccess."

Hope that helps,
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