Hi,

if you have a look at bivakas.host-ed.net you will notice that all my special characters are just black question marks. (not this website is in Lithuanian... making it for a friend).

As far as I have researched (which has been for two days and I have now had enough..) the header needs to be altered in the "beforeSend" $.ajax part to get this to work thus I have the following code:

1. $(document).ready(function(){
   $('.content').load('home.php'); //by default initally load text
   $('#navlist a').click(function() { //start function when any link is clicked
   $(".content").slideUp("slow");
   var content_show = $(this).attr("title"); //retrieve title of link so we can compare with php file
   $.ajax({
   method: "get",url: ""+content_show,
   beforeSend: function(){
   XMLHttpRequest.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain;charset=UTF-8");
   $("#loading").show("fast");
   
   }, //show loading just when link is clicked
   complete: function(){ $("#loading").hide("fast");}, //stop showing loading when the process is complete
   success: function(html){ //so, if data is retrieved, store it in html
   $(".content").show("slow"); //animation
   $(".content").html(html); //show the html inside .content div
   //alert(document.charset);
   }
   }); //close $.ajax(
   }); //close click(
   }); //close $(
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

I have tried a ridiculous amount of variations on the XMLHttpRequest.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain;charset=UTF-8"); and none of them make a difference.

Thanks a lot for the help!!

file is also attached for convenience