In some rare cases when installing SMF or mod's, it defaults to UTF-8 characters. This causes some language strings or "text" not to appear. YOu have 2 options to correct this:

1.| You will need to check the language characters your forum uses. To do this, go to: "Admin > Configuration > Server Settings > Default Forum Language". If it is set to "English_utf8", try changing it to "English".

2.| You can install the UTF-8 language packs, by downloading them from: http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?action=tpmod;dl=cat693 . Then extract the files and FTP them to your forum "Themes/default/languages/" directory.

That's it, the problem should be corrected!

There is a UTF-8 Read Me at SMF:
http://docs.simplemachines.org/index.php?topic=865

NOTE: If you intend on using multiple languages on your site, they will need to be in UTF-8 characters, along with your language settings.



Doc Written By: Xarcell