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Localization
Generally speaking, if you try and add Unicode characters such as umlauts into templates, you may well come across display issues. This is easily fixable, but requires one of the following:
- For the template cfm file to be saved in the correct encoding for the language being displayed
- Or use of the
cfprocessingdirective
tag to setpageEncoding
/views/main/example.cfm
<h1>Über uns</h1>


Incorrect encoding example
/views/main/example.cfm
<cfprocessingdirective pageEncoding="utf-8">
<h1>Über uns</h1>


Correct encoding
Likewise, umlauts in routes would need for the
config/routes.cfm
file to have the correct encoding:config/routes.cfm
<cfprocessingdirective pageEncoding="utf-8">
<cfscript>
mapper()
.get(name="about", pattern="/über-uns", to="pages##about")
.root(to="wheels##wheels", method="get")
.end();
</cfscript>
If you're actively trying to avoid the use of
cfprocessingdirective
, you can resave the template or route file with UTF-8-BOM
. Your local text editor should provide this facility; here's an example in Notepad++ (windows)


// Example using monthNames args in dateSelect()
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