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HTML can sometimes be a tricky business... and as such, not everything you see is what you (actually) get!

When adding HTML content through the relevant properties available in our applications, some special characters you add might be incorrectly translated as HTML.

This will cause the following to happen:

• Special Characters will not be displayed properly

• Your entire HTML content might be broken

So, what can you do about this?

To make special characters show up on your pages, simply use a special set of codes called "character entities". When you add character entities into your HTML code, your browser will display them as the corresponding symbols or characters you want.

The International Organization for Standardization has narrowed down in a list and has compiled in the ISO Latin Alphabet the most commonly used character entities which include special characters, letters with diacritical marks (accents, umlauts, etc.), and scientific and currency symbols.

The code to be used for special characters is displayed in the Name Code and Number Code columns. You can use either codes as they will render the desired results in the same way.

ISO Entities

Source: WebMonkey