i am having a problem i can get rid of the question marks that are on the site

on the original site which isn't 2.3 http://manhattanliterary.com there is no problem

but on this site which is 2.3.3 http://ghostwritersny.com/

can some one tell me what all i need to do to fix this.

From this story and possibly in "Readme's" try this

Upgrading a non UTF-8 site:
UTF-8 encoding has been introduced into XOOPS 2.3 as default charset. However, there might be some problems with converting existent websites from non UTF-8 charset to UTF-8.
Before there is a good enough solution for this conversion, following settings are recommended when you upgrade an existent website if you are not an experienced user:
- Select "Do not change" option in "Database character set and collation" step during upgrade process
- Modify /languages/yourlanguage/global.php to use existent _CHARSET value
If it has been changed to UTF-8 in your new global.php file to



change it back to what it was before, e.g.:



;o)

genius, thanks!