German Umlaut Ä Ö Ü

volvoxturbo · 2020-02-21 22:53:03

Hi all,

after setting up a pure German language Backlight2 website I have a problem with German Umlauts.
Filling in the home page's album description in Lightroom or even Backlight2 with the Umlauts ä ö ü the google search result shows those funny signs so that I had to change ä -> ae, ö -> oe...

Does anybody has an idea how to solve that???

Best regards,
Oliver

rod barbee · 2020-02-21 23:10:02

are you using the latest version of Backlight 2? Are all the modules up to date?

I seem to remember something like this coming up in the past, but thought it was resolved with an update.

volvoxturbo · 2020-02-24 03:27:24

Dear Rod,

thank you for your reply.
Latest Backlight, all modules updated.

Best,
Oliver

volvoxturbo · 2020-03-01 21:01:55

Hello, does anybody has an idea on how to solve the Ä Ö Ü problem???

Best,
Oliver

michilge · 2020-03-02 05:29:27

Hi Oliver,

if I get You right, the problem concerns only the display of umlauts in search results.
Can You provide an example search stirng?

Did You set the language code at settings->languages to "German - de"?
Did You provide a Google Site Verification ID in BL settings?

volvoxturbo · 2020-03-02 08:24:09

Dear Michilge,

exactly, but only with the homepage album description. Another search result shows the correct Ä Ö Ü content of the Imprint.
I set German-DE as default language in settings and templates and entered the verification id.

just google Axel Kreiser and google results the homepage where I changed the Umlauts to ae, oe or ue.
and the second result "Impressum" where everything is ok e.g. Köln.

Best,
Oliver

Last edited by volvoxturbo (2020-03-02 08:24:44)

michilge · 2020-03-02 17:15:22

Hi Oliver,

I guess that is content You entered in the fields "fb:admins" and "fb:app_id" in the advanced settings.
Have You tried entering the Umlauts as HTML entities? (ä Ä etc)

I like the pages a lot btw. They make Axel Kreisel appear to me as an artist (and a craftsman obviously) whom I would like to know more about. The socratic bodies are fascinating me.

Cheers Michael

volvoxturbo · 2020-03-04 00:54:07

Hi Michael,

thanks for your reply. Both fields "fb:admins" and "fb:app_id" are empty and I tried ä Ä etc which changes anything but Köln instead Köln. :-|

Thanks for liking the pages :-) Probably I should implement a newsletter option!

Best,
Oliver

volvoxturbo · 2020-03-11 10:52:12

Hi all,

a solution for this Umlaut problem is highly appreciated :-)

Best,
Oliver

volvoxturbo · 2020-03-20 21:34:35

Hi all,

even with the updated Backlight2 version Ä Ö Ü in the Album Description is still interpreted as \u00c4 \u00d6 \u00dc in the Google Search result.

Is there a solution in sight or do I have to live with it?

Thank you.

Best regards,
Oliver

Daniel Leu · 2020-03-21 00:25:29

Do you have a link to an album that shows the issue?

volvoxturbo · 2020-03-22 03:42:38

Hi Daniel,

it is www.axelkreiser.com where I embedded an album with the album description.
If you google axel kreiser you should 1. find the homepage, then 2. biografie in the results. the biography site works with umlaute cause it is part of the text content.

Best regards,
Oliver

Daniel Leu · 2020-03-22 04:28:14

Hi Oliver, sorry, I only get the homepage as a result

volvoxturbo · 2020-03-23 02:03:28

Ok, but that's not the problem. The problem is that using ÄÖÜ in Album Description results in those ä Ä etc.

Default language is set to German.
Here is the header of the site:

<!doctype html>
<html dir="ltr" lang="de">
<head>

<link rel="image_src" href="/werke/homepage/photos/axel-kreiser_pistill-1.jpg" />
<meta property="og:description" content="Atelier Axel Kreiser Koeln - Skulpturen & Texte. Meisterschueler Prof. Tony Cragg 1992. Leiter der Metallbildnerei Kunstakademie Duesseldorf." />
<meta property="og:image" content="/werke/homepage/photos/axel-kreiser_pistill-1.jpg" />
<meta property="og:image:width" content="1748" />
<meta property="og:image:height" content="760" />
<meta property="og:site_name" content="Axel Kreiser - Bildhauer" />
<meta property="og:type" content="website" />
<meta property="og:title" content="Axel Kreiser - Bildhauer" />
<meta property="og:url" content="https://www.axelkreiser.com/" />

What is the solution???

Best regards,
Oliver

Daniel Leu · 2020-03-23 04:24:34

volvoxturbo wrote:

The problem is that using ÄÖÜ in Album Description results in those ä Ä etc.

Thank you for posting the header, but it doesn't show the issue you described! I don't see any html entities for umlauts. Google properly interprets &.

Matthew · 2020-03-23 13:45:40

I tried Google, but didn't see the issue in the results that came up. Like Daniel, I'm also not seeing any issue with the code above.

The site looks great, btw.

Can you point us to any place else we can observe the issue? Also, can you post a screen capture of the issue so that it's clearer what we should be looking for?

volvoxturbo · 2020-03-23 20:35:03

I want the following but if I write it in the Album Description like:
"Atelier Axel Kreiser Köln - Skulpturen & Texte. Meisterschüler Prof. Tony Cragg 1992. Leiter der Metallbildnerei Kunstakademie Düsseldorf."

it is displayed in search engine results:

"Atelier Axel Kreiser K\u00f6ln - Skulpturen & Texte. Meistersch\u00fcler Prof. Tony Cragg 1992. Leiter der Metallbildnerei Kunstakademie D\u00fcsseldorf"

so for now I wrote it like:

"Atelier Axel Kreiser Koeln - Skulpturen & Texte. Meisterschueler Prof. Tony Cragg 1992. Leiter der Metallbildnerei Kunstakademie Duesseldorf."

to avoid \u00f6 and \u00fc...

Best regards,
Oliver

Daniel Leu · 2020-03-24 00:56:40

Oliver, how does the description meta data look like when you use umlauts?

volvoxturbo · 2020-03-24 02:51:31

Hi Daniel,

looks like this:

Daniel Leu · 2020-03-24 11:57:44

Thank you, Oliver. Now that I know what I have to look for, I am able to reproduce it.

volvoxturbo · 2020-03-25 02:30:29

Hi Daniel,

so a solution in sight? :-)

Last edited by volvoxturbo (2020-03-25 02:31:15)

Ben · 2020-03-25 06:49:41

Hi Oliver, we have a fix in testing. It will be released soon pending any issues.

volvoxturbo · 2020-03-28 22:40:42

Hi Ben, super!
Will it be announced in the forum or is it part of a new update?

Best regards,
Oliver

Ben · 2020-03-29 09:56:42

I hope to get it in today. I’ll put a comment in here and we’ll likely have a blog post.

Ben · 2020-03-29 17:56:23

Hi Oliver, I've released the update that addresses this. Please visit Backlight Modules and update. Can you let me know if this solves it it for you.

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