Changing db encoding to utf-8 and after change rewrite settings

i think i shouldnt have changed the db encoding and just used character replacements . where are the greek character replacements ?

Yes, Please check this post : Character Replacement Options - does not keep settings

i dont understand how to use this ? Greek Letters in HTML - ASCII Greek Letters can i have greek letters in urls (forum display + show thread + tags_ without changing the db to utd-8 (cause it causes other problems )

if yes how cause i am confused

Yes, Greek character should be replaced, You don't need to convert your database.

ok how i use this list ?

vbseocp > general settings > character replacement > Choose replace non-english characters then enter the list in the white box.

as it is copy paste or i need to edit it ? Α - &# 913; - Greek capital Alpha etc ?

Here's an example :

'&# 268;'=>'c'

so since i want greek in urls i have to do it vice versa meaning '&# 268;'=>'γ' ??

Let me explain it more.

'GREEK'=>'ENGLISH'

So if you want to replace b with β so it will be

'&# 946;'=>'b'

Code:

 
'&# 913;'=>'Α'           
'&# 914;'=>'Β'
'&# 915;'=>'Γ'
'&# 916;'=>'Δ'
'&# 917;'=>'Ε'
'&# 918;'=>'Ζ'
'&# 919;'=>'Η'
'&# 920;'=>'Θ'
'&# 921;'=>'Ι'
'&# 922;'=>'Κ'
'&# 923;'=>'Λ'
'&# 924;'=>'Μ'
'&# 925;'=>'Ν'
'&# 926;'=>'Ξ'
'&# 927;'=>'Ο'
'&# 928;'=>'Π'
'&# 929;'=>'Ρ'
'&# 931;'=>'Σ'
'&# 932;'=>'Τ'
'&# 933;'=>'Υ'
'&# 934;'=>'Φ'
'&# 935;'=>'Χ'
'&# 936;'=>'Ψ'
'&# 937;'=>'Ω'
'&# 945;'=>'α'
'&# 946;'=>'β'
'&# 947;'=>'γ'
'&# 948;'=>'δ'
'&# 949;'=>'ε'
'&# 950;'=>'ζ'
'&# 951;'=>'η'
'&# 952;'=>'θ'
'&# 953;'=>'ι'
'&# 954;'=>'κ'
'&# 955;'=>'λ'
'&# 956;'=>'μ'
'&# 957;'=>'ν'
'&# 958;'=>'ξ'
'&# 959;'=>'ο'
'&# 960;'=>'π'
'&# 961;'=>'ρ'
'&# 962;'=>'σ'
'&# 963;'=>'σ'
'&# 964;'=>'τ'
'&# 965;'=>'υ'
'&# 966;'=>'φ'
'&# 967;'=>'χ'
'&# 968;'=>'ψ'
'&# 969;'=>'ω'

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i added this and nothing happes tags are still /tags/%E1%F6%DD%ED%F4%F1%E1.html

keep non english char in urls set

i repeat i need GREEK in URL

Character Replacement option is not enabled within Tags page unless Tag Filter option is enabled. Key element in tags is Tag word itself. Thats why it is not advised to enabled character replacements within tags.

actually after spending 1 day doing what u said nothing of this work. however i found how to have urls looking greek. this is how

Keep Non english char in URLS
Remove everything in Custom Character replacement box
Enable special characters in member URLs Yes
Enable filtering for Tags URLs ? Yes
Disable "urlencoding" in URLs Yes

and everything looks greek . however for some uknown reason the thread urls return a 404.error and the forum which has greek title returns invalid forum specified which is really bizzarre

any ideas ??

ouf i am so tired making vbseo showing greek in urls for threads that have GREEK TITLE

this damn setting
Disable "urlencoding" in URLs ?

i put yes still thread pages show as 1-%E1%ED%F4%F1%E5%F2.html

the question is CAN i have greek words in URLS for threads that have greek title on NON-UTF-8 db Yes or No ?

there seems to be some serious bug with vbseo and non english forums. i converted my db to utf-8 and no matter what i either get question marks or %ER sumbols, no way i can make it work, i have enabled utf and keep non english , only tags pages show in greek, i have made also a support ticket and no solution