Character encoding issue

[rhonda427]

Not quite sure this is the correct forum, but I'll try :)

I am trying to use a Google Earth kml xml file originally created on my PC (used to display a route on a Google Earth Map)on my webserver. It doesn't work.

When I upload the file to my server and try to validate via feedvalidator.org I get several error messages for example this: Your feed appears to be encoded as "UTF-8", but your server is reporting "US-ASCII"

But how do I handle this? Should I convert the file from the PC to ASCII before uploading, and if yes how? Or do I need to change some settings on the server, and if the latter, is this done in apache/PHP?

Thanks!

[jdMorgan]

Make sure that you have MIME-type and Content-Encoding declarations for .kml filetypes on your server. See the Apache mod_mime AddType and AddEncoding directives.

Jim

[rhonda427]

Thanks Jim. That helped me a bit of the way. I have tried to add the below code in an .htaccess file in the particular folder:

AddType application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml kml
AddType application/vnd.google-earth.kmz kmz

Now, a call to a .kml file in the directory makes it open via the Google Earth application on the PC. It seems to work o.k. from a PC, but not from a Joomla GE plugin run on the server.

The script still validates as before when validating via feedvalidator.org.

Have not been able to find out how to possibly use AddEncoding. Could you possibly advice on the syntax for a .kml file?

[jdMorgan]

Sorry, I cited AddEncoding, but intended to cite AddCharset:

AddCharset UTF-8 .kml

There are likely very few contributors here who are familiar with Joomla GE, so if you need help with that, I'd suggest a Joomla-focused forum, rather than waiting here (possibly forever) for a response to questions about your plug-in.

Jim