# Character not being displayed correctly using Rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/character-not-being-displayed-correctly-using-rails/148084>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 9, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/character-not-being-displayed-correctly-using-rails/148084 "2008-09-09T02:43:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![nick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f9ae1b/32.png) [@nick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nick)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/character-not-being-displayed-correctly-using-rails/148084/1 "2008-09-09T02:43:55Z")

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Dear all,

this might not be a Rails problem, but since I run my website on it,  
it might be one. I have a star rating on my website to rate trails and  
it displays those stars correctly on my Mac using any browser.  
However, while using Parallels to test in Windows it does not display  
any stars (regardless of browser). At work under Windows and IE it  
works fine. I was wondering if this is a global issue or just a  
problem with using Parallels on my Mac.

The link is:

[http://www.trailheadfinder.com/trail\_editor/show/380](http://www.trailheadfinder.com/trail_editor/show/380)

Thank You,

Nick,

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**Author:** ![nick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f9ae1b/32.png) [@nick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nick)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/character-not-being-displayed-correctly-using-rails/148084/2 "2008-09-09T03:17:15Z")

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> [http://www.trailheadfinder.com/trail\_editor/show/380](http://www.trailheadfinder.com/trail_editor/show/380)

(Nice trails, BTW!)

Here’s your stars:

&#9733 &#9733 &#9733 &#9733 &#9733

Shouldn’t each have a ; on the end? When I add one, my Firefox does  
_not_  
display an extra ;, and continues to display stars, so that’s probably  
it…

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**Author:** ![nick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f9ae1b/32.png) [@nick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nick)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/character-not-being-displayed-correctly-using-rails/148084/3 "2008-09-10T03:18:57Z")

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Thanks for the tip…but sadly it doesn’t work. I still see the boxes.  
It might just be an isolated problem on my computer.

The HTML is now: ★ ★ ★ ★  
★