Special character problem in Browse by Author

[ntorres]

We have a problem with some special characters when browse by author.
This page shows all authors group by the first letter of Last Name; at the beginning of this list shows the letter.

The query on our UTF8 database returns this list ordered by authors last name, so the template for each author gets the first position of $author->getLastName() and compare it with the next.

I think if we are using UTF-8 some characters (á, é, í, ó, ú) occupy double space so comparing the first position is not enough. If we find an Á and gets only the first position it returns an ?. I’m right? How can we solve it?

Thanks

[mjordan]

This is probably something that can be fixed, but I'll let Alec evaluate it. He'll be back online in a few days. Sorry for the delay.

Mark

[Imago]

May I reformulate the question - How can we extend the alphabet array to include special and non-Latin characters?

Thank you

[asmecher]

Hi Imago,

See http://pkp.sfu.ca/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2124 for a patch for this issue; please report back here if you have any trouble.

If the sort order isn't coming out properly, make sure your database supports multibyte strings and the encoding is set properly (config.inc.php).

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Open Journal Systems Team

[Imago]

Thank you, Alec!

I've made the patch, and Cyrillic names are showing up after the Latin names, as it should be. See the last name

http://www.slavica.org/index.php/bulrus ... horsPage=2

Now the problem is how to add the Cyrillic letters to the horizontal line of linked letters.

Regards

[asmecher]

Hi Imago,

I've filed a bugzilla entry for the ability to extend the alpha list; see http://pkp.sfu.ca/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2126 and feel free to sign yourself up on the CC list. We should get to this as part of the next incremental release of OJS; for now, however, you'll need to modify the template. If you're in a hurry, feel free to contact me via email (pkp-support@sfu.ca) and I'll provide instructions on making the modifications.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Open Journal Systems Team

[Imago]

Thank you. I have signed for a CC account. So far there is no hurry to introduce the extended alpha list, so we can wait for the regular release.