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Home page in foreign languages

Unread post by tman801 » 2021-03-31, 19:36

When I opened Palemoon just now it opened the Home page in a foreign language. How do I set it back to English?

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Re: Home page in foreign languages

Unread post by Pentium4User » 2021-03-31, 19:49

The default home page start.me?
This might be caused by false geo location data.
You can try to use https://palemoon.start.me/uk as a home page. This should directly open the English page.
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Re: Home page in foreign languages

Unread post by tman801 » 2021-03-31, 20:04

Pentium4User wrote:
2021-03-31, 19:49
The default home page start.me?
This might be caused by false geo location data.
You can try to use https://palemoon.start.me/uk as a home page. This should directly open the English page.
Thank you for answering. I tried your uk and when I clicked on the palemoon home page it opened in foreign language. I believe it is in Greek but what do I know. If I copy the words to text or to DuckDuck it is translated back to English. I am dual booting both W10 and Ubuntu 20.04 with Palemoon 29.1.1. Palemoon home page opens in foreign language in W10 also.

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Re: Home page in foreign languages

Unread post by Pentium4User » 2021-03-31, 20:19

What happens if you open https://palemoon.start.me/uk via you URL bar?
I tried it with different countries, it worked.
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Re: Home page in foreign languages

Unread post by Kris_88 » 2021-03-31, 20:23

There are two ways.

1) Tools -> Preferences -> Content tab -> Languages (Choose button)

2) https://duckduckgo.com/settings
Select language.

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Re: Home page in foreign languages

Unread post by billmcct » 2021-03-31, 20:27

I can confirm:
screenshot.7.jpg
Copying the gibberish and pasting to a text file pastes in english, not gibberish.
Server error.
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Re: Home page in foreign languages

Unread post by tman801 » 2021-03-31, 20:37

billmcct wrote:
2021-03-31, 20:27
I can confirm:
screenshot.7.jpg

Copying the gibberish and pasting to a text file pastes in english, not gibberish.
Server error.
Yes that is exactly what I have. Do you know how to correct it?

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Re: Home page in foreign languages

Unread post by billmcct » 2021-03-31, 20:44

Only the server Admin can fix it.
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Re: Home page in foreign languages

Unread post by tman801 » 2021-03-31, 20:51

billmcct wrote:
2021-03-31, 20:44
Only the server Admin can fix it.
So I need to call my cable provider to fix it?

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Re: Home page in foreign languages

Unread post by Kris_88 » 2021-03-31, 21:03

Here it is ... I did not understand first.

http://www.palemoon.org/pagestyle.css
Incorrect font "ModernWakandan".
Turn off "Allow pages to choose their own fonts" as a workaround.
Tools -> Preferences -> Content tab -> Fonts & colors -> Advanced button -> Allow pages to choose their own fonts

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Re: Home page in foreign languages

Unread post by New Tobin Paradigm » 2021-03-31, 21:20

Little early isn't it, Moonchild?

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Re: Home page in foreign languages

Unread post by tman801 » 2021-03-31, 21:28

Kris_88 wrote:
2021-03-31, 21:03
Here it is ... I did not understand first.

http://www.palemoon.org/pagestyle.css
Incorrect font "ModernWakandan".
Turn off "Allow pages to choose their own fonts" as a workaround.
Tools -> Preferences -> Content tab -> Fonts & colors -> Advanced button -> Allow pages to choose their own fonts
Thank you Kris_88!!! That fixed my problem. Now to reset 4 computers all dual booting running Pale Moon. Is there any way to remove "ModernWakandan" since it is the problem?

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Re: Home page in foreign languages

Unread post by New Tobin Paradigm » 2021-03-31, 21:29

Idiots, check the date in UTC.

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Re: Home page in foreign languages

Unread post by Kris_88 » 2021-03-31, 21:32

tman801 wrote:
2021-03-31, 21:28
Is there any way to remove "ModernWakandan" since it is the problem?
This is not your problem.
Just wait for the site admin.

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Re: Home page in foreign languages

Unread post by Moonchild » 2021-03-31, 21:43

New Tobin Paradigm wrote:
2021-03-31, 21:20
Little early isn't it, Moonchild?
Not at all. Can't leave the people down-under missing out on the Jester's Festival, now can we?
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Re: Home page in foreign languages

Unread post by tman801 » 2021-03-31, 21:56

Kris_88 wrote:
2021-03-31, 21:32
tman801 wrote:
2021-03-31, 21:28
Is there any way to remove "ModernWakandan" since it is the problem?
This is not your problem.
Just wait for the site admin.
Thank you so much.

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Re: Home page in foreign languages

Unread post by Kris_88 » 2021-03-31, 21:57

New Tobin Paradigm wrote:
2021-03-31, 21:29
Idiots, check the date in UTC.
You mean this is 1-april joke?
Indeed, an unexpected surprise ...)))

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Re: Home page in foreign languages

Unread post by Moonchild » 2021-03-31, 22:01

Wakanda forever! :mrgreen:
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