UnicodeDecodeError Exception Fix On Templates

My friend Brian at HelpMeSue.com has found a work around for the dreaded UnicodeDecodeError exception. Here is his fix…

In Brian’s Words…

Using special Spanish characters. Try to load a template with a render_to_response and get a template UnicodeDecodeError exception thrown.

To fix the issue:

1. Run file on the template:
   
   file static_page.htm
   
   That produces: static_page.htm: ISO-8859 text, with very long lines, with CRLF line terminators
2. Convert the page to utf-8:
   
   iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 static_page.htm > new_static.htm
   
   cp new_static_htm static_page.htm
   
   file static_page.htm
   
   That produces: static_page.htm: UTF-8 Unicode text, with very long lines, with CRLF line terminators

And now it all work so Brian’s Spanish template guru is Help Me Sue compatible.

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