“ Showing in my BlockQuotes

[Green-Chick]

I am using Lifestyle Pro and when I try to post anything in blockquote it shows this: â€?“
at the beginning of the quote--kind of large too. How can I fix it? :-/

I have no url, because I do not want to have that showing on a live post.

[Davinder Singh Kainth]

Try these plugins:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-utf8-sanitize/

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/utf-8-database-converter/

Refer discussion here - http://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-character-appearances-in-old-posts-after-db-restore

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[markmelch]

I recently used http://wordpress.org/plugins/search-and-replace/ for a similar situation. Worked well.

[Green-Chick]

Well, the funny thing is those characters are actually IN the css... :-/

Here is snippet;

blockquote,
blockquote::before {
color: #999;
}

blockquote {
margin: 40px 40px 24px;
margin: 4rem 4rem 2.4rem;
}

blockquote::before {
content: "â€?“";
display: block;
font-size: 30px;
font-size: 3rem;
height: 0;
left: -20px;
position: relative;
top: -10px;
}

Is there a way to fix this issue without having to install a plug in?

[Stefsull]

If you're using a child theme and have access to the CSS, just change the content: “â€?“”; to content: "\201C"; and you'll have a open quotation mark.

[markmelch]

>Is there a way to fix this issue without having to install a plug in?

Actually, a plug in won't fix it. Stefsull got it right. See these links for other ways to use the CSS Content property:

http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_gen_content.asp

http://css-tricks.com/css-content/

[Casey Lee Hill]

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