Charset of New FrontPage Webs???

[Victor]

Despite the fact that I've been doing web pages for many years (using ASP),
this is one of those things that I just never had to deal with before. When
I google for info on this, I can't find a good, focused answer that I TRUST.

What's the deal with setting the Charset of a page? I never used to think
about it before, but I've got a new application integrated into one of my
FrontPage webs that requires a charset of UTF-8.

My most important question is, is charset of UTF-8 definitely the way to go?
Is it true what I've been reading that "UTF-8 is slowly becoming the default
charset for web pages, replacing code pages such as Windows-1252"?

Also, what's the best way to set the charset? From FrontPage, I can add this
tag:
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">

but I'm also reading that the preferred method is really to do it from ASP,
with
<%response.Charset="UTF-8"%>

Here's hoping someone really informed can clear this up!

Thanks!!!!

 

[Steve Easton]

Yes utf-8 is / will be the new web standard.

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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
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[Victor]

Yes utf-8 is / will be the new web standard.

Thanks.

Right now, when I build a new website using FP 2002, what charset does it
set?

 

[Steve Easton]

Switch to code view and check the head section of the page to see if one is applied automatically.

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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm