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My website shows up fine in chrome and int explorer but when I open it using mozilla all I see is sentences with characters.

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The website works fine when I open it in chrome or IE but when I open it in mozilla I get the following (first few sentences) 

��<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 12"> <link rel=File-List href="index_files/filelist.xml"> <link rel=Edit-Time-Data href="index_files/editdata.mso"> <!--[if !mso]> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <![endif]--> <title> A spatio-temporal analysis of pipe-failure incidents in the Water Distribution Network of Limassol, Cyprus</title> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties>
The website works fine when I open it in chrome or IE but when I open it in mozilla I get the following (first few sentences) <pre><nowiki>��<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 12"> <link rel=File-List href="index_files/filelist.xml"> <link rel=Edit-Time-Data href="index_files/editdata.mso"> <!--[if !mso]> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <![endif]--> <title> A spatio-temporal analysis of pipe-failure incidents in the Water Distribution Network of Limassol, Cyprus</title> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties></nowiki></pre>

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Can you post a link to that website?

That is an MS Office document that may only be displayed properly in IE.

The two bytes �� at the start may be Byte Order Marks that were inserted while saving the file in an editor.

If such BOM characters are displayed then that means that Firefox is using the wrong encoding to render the page. That can happen if the server sends an encoding that prevails.

  • View > Character Encoding (try UTF-8)

Press F10 or tap the Alt key to bring up the "Menu Bar" temporarily if the Menu Bar is hidden.

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Can you post a link to that website?

That is an MS Office document that may only be displayed properly in IE.

The two bytes �� at the start may be Byte Order Marks that were inserted while saving the file in an editor.

If such BOM characters are displayed then that means that Firefox is using the wrong encoding to render the page. That can happen if the server sends an encoding that prevails.

  • View > Character Encoding (try UTF-8)

Press F10 or tap the Alt key to bring up the "Menu Bar" temporarily if the Menu Bar is hidden.