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<p>Patrickslee: /* Moodle migration to UTF-8 - General roadmap and detailed implementation plan */</p> <hr /> <div>The goal for this pages is to have a real roadmap for the migration of Moodle to UTF-8. This includes both language packages and DB contents. Every step in the roadmap must be documented to explain all the alternatives and potential problems we find and their solutions.<br /> <br /> ==Moodle migration to UTF-8 - General roadmap and detailed implementation plan==<br /> <br /> * [[UTF-8 justification|Justification and preliminary work]] - Why we must start the migration to an UTF-8 environment and how we are going to organise the whole thing.<br /> <br /> * [[UTF-8 info gathering|Gathering detailed information]] - How we can obtain detailed information form moodlers around the world and how to use it.<br /> <br /> * [[UTF-8 lang files|Moving language files]] - How to do the work with current lang files, new structures and strings, downloads...<br /> <br /> * [[UTF-8 DB|Converting the DB]] - The long process of converting all the structures and contents inside Moodle DB to UTF-8.<br /> <br /> ** [[UTF-8 PostgreSQL|PostgreSQL notes]] - Special notes and howtos for PostgreSQL users.<br /> <br /> * [[UTF-8 scripts|Recoding PHP scripts]] - Functionalities and scripts to modify in order to work under UTF-8.<br /> <br /> * [[UTF-8 problems|Problems]] - Outline big problems during db migration, and possible solutions.<br /> <br /> * [[UTF-8 contrib|contrib]] - A simple outline of what needs to be done to make a module work with the migration.<br /> <br /> [[Category:UTF-8]]</div>

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