How to solve the problem of garbled display on the page caused by incorrect encoding of AnQiCMS template files?

During the process of building a website with AnQiCMS, you may encounter the situation where the page display appears garbled, which undoubtedly affects the user experience and reduces the value of the carefully crafted page.The problem usually arises from incorrect encoding settings in the template file.This article will guide you in detail on how to troubleshoot and resolve the garbled display caused by encoding issues in AnQiCMS template files, ensuring that your website content is clear and error-free.

Understanding the root cause of garbled characters

Garbled, in simple terms, it is when a computer uses the wrong encoding method to interpret data, resulting in the original text not being recognized and displayed correctly.Imagine that if a Chinese document is read as Japanese, the result is naturally a chaotic mixture of unreadable characters.

AnQiCMS as a modern content management system, follows the internationally recognized network standards.According to the clear prompt in the official document, the template file is required to use UTF-8 encoding.UTF-8 is a variable-length character encoding that can accommodate almost all characters in the world and is currently the most widely used character encoding on the Internet.If the template file is saved using other encoding (such as GBK or ANSI, which is common in Windows systems), then when the browser or server tries to parse it with UTF-8, the unreadable characters that we see will appear.

Troubleshoot and Resolve: Step-by-Step Check Encoding Issues

The key to solving template garbled text problems lies in ensuring consistency in encoding at all stages, especially the encoding of the template file itself.

1. Check the encoding of the template file itself

This is usually the most common reason and the most direct solution for the garbled code in AnQiCMS templates.

First, find the template file with garbled characters. The template files of AnQiCMS are usually named.html为后缀，并存放在 English/templatein the directory of the template folder you have selected. For example, if your template name isdefault，Then the file path may be/template/default/index.htmlorpartial/header.htmletc.

Next, open these files using professional text editing tools, such as VS Code, Sublime Text, or Notepad++.These tools usually display the encoding format of the current file in the lower right corner of the interface or in the status bar.UTF-8. If it appears asGBK/ANSIor other encoding, you need to convert it toUTF-8.

In most editors, you can complete this operation by selecting menu options (such as文件 -> 另存为...or文件 -> 更改文件编码)Remind Windows Users: Please note the selection when saving as UTF-8UTF-8 无 BOM(UTF-8 without BOM) English Option.The UTF-8 encoding with BOM (Byte Order Mark) may cause compatibility issues in some cases, although AnQiCMS can handle it well, the version without BOM performs better in cross-platform and multi-system compatibility.

Modify and save the file, then refresh the website page to check if the garbled characters have disappeared. Usually, this step can solve most of the template garbled character problems.

2. Confirm the character set setting of the server environment

Although the encoding of the template file itself is the main reason, the character set configuration of the server environment may also indirectly affect the normal display of the page.Ensure that your web server (such as Nginx or Apache) correctly declares the UTF-8 character set when responding to HTTP requests.Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8.

Most modern web servers and AnQiCMS applications are configured by default to be well-set up, correctly setting response headers at the application level. However, if you or your server administrator are unfamiliar with the server environment (such as Nginx'snginx.confor Apache'shttpd.conffile has been customized, you can check if there is anything similarcharset utf-8;The settings, to ensure that the browser can parse the page with the correct encoding. This step is more for auxiliary troubleshooting, generally AnQiCMS application itself will handle it well.

3. Check the database connection character set

If garbled text appears not only in the static text of the template but also in the content read from the database (such as article titles, content details, etc.), you also need to check the character set configuration of the database. AnQiCMS supports MySQL databases by default, make sure that the character set of the database, table, and connection is set to support UTF-8 encoding, and it is recommended to useutf8mb4.utf8mb4Can store a wider range of Unicode characters including Emoji, providing better compatibility.

When installing and initializing AnQiCMS, if the database connection settings are correct, this problem usually will not occur.但如果您手动修改过数据库配置，或者从其他系统迁移数据，则需要特别注意此项。

Prevention: Avoid encountering garbled text again in the future.

To avoid future template garbled character problems, it is recommended that you develop good habits:

• Always use a professional text editor:Select a professional text editor that supports UTF-8 encoding and can be set to “No BOM” (such as VS Code, Sublime Text, Notepad++) to edit all template files and code.
• Maintain consistency:Throughout the website development and maintenance process, from database to file, from server