Title: Problem using Spanish Characters
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Problem using Spanish Characters

 *  [golyfutbol](https://wordpress.org/support/users/golyfutbol/)
 * (@golyfutbol)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-using-spanish-characters/)
 * I have a website (www.golyfutbol.com) in Spanish. It was working fine and today
   it has a problem using spanish characters. No updates done, no nothing (went 
   to bed working fine, this morning had serious issues). It simply decided that
   instead of saying “opinión” y would say “opinión”. The same issue for every 
   spanish character (ñ, ó,á, etc).
 * Checked for support and found that it might be a problem with the line in WP-
   CONFIG.PHP like this
    Instead of define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’); it should read
   define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf-8’); [note the dash before the 8].
 * That worked, and my posts can now be read. But when looking at the dashboard 
   or the tweet app (or essentially anything else) the problem remains.
    Moreover,
   the widgets were in a left column sidebar. By themselves, they changed to the
   right and some simply dissapeared.
 * I would really appreciate any help. I am no expert, but I am trying to learn.
   My theme is Elbee Elgee. Thank you.

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 * Last reply from: [golyfutbol](https://wordpress.org/support/users/golyfutbol/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-using-spanish-characters/)
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