https://www.icyphoenix.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5663&p=47811#p47811 ----------------------------------- Mighty Gorgon Sun 14 Feb, 2010 12:54 Re: CUSTOMIZATION - How To Customize Some IP Basics ----------------------------------- I guess the reason is that you are not using UTF-8 encoding and your lang files are not encoding using UTF-8. First thing can be changed in lang_main_settings.php, second thing requires you to use an enhanced text editor, like the free PSPad for example (then you have to change your file encoding.).