Are you sure you can't use the "&xxxx;" names or spell characters out in hex (&#xxxx;) in title strings, as in any other HTML text? You certain can and should in URLS if they contain special characters like the "&" in <a href="http://www.example.com?id=123&name=Joe">.

In any case, if you embed the actual characters (in unicode or UTF-8) make sure your HTML header also specifies the character set, or browsers that have a different default setting will get it wrong.

Of of the problems with a forum like Mudcat is that the thread pages don't and can't specify a charset, because individual postings on the same page might use different encodings. ISO-8559-1 and UTF-8 are the commonest, and UK mudcatters often post "£" signs as a direct character, with messy consequences for some of us. You have to use £ for it to work reliably for everyone.

Anahata