Thread:Project:Support desk/Strange Characters in footer after basic 1.22 install/reply (4)

Hi Mark!

You see the strange sign inside the so called footer links. Instead of "(strange sign) SiteName" it should actually say "About (actual sitename)". This one link is not created correctly for you; maybe an extension or so tries to add an additional link directly in front of it, which does not work. These links can be set up e.g. with the hook SkinTemplateOutputPageBeforeExec. This can be done in LocalSettings.php, but also in extensions.

See Manual:Footer for more information.

Another option is:

The text of the footer links comes from the interface messages MediaWiki:Privacy, MediaWiki:Aboutsite and MediaWiki:Disclaimers. With your problem I would expect that, if there was an error coming from one of these three links, then it would come from MediaWiki:Aboutsite. To disable one or more of these links, set the corresponding link text to a single hyphen (-).