Document only method, no server modification required
WARNING: This method is only a workaround for those of you who can't reconfigure your HTTPD daemon and should be avoided when possible (I repeat, this method is not recommended). Although this method is standard and should be handled by all related soft, it may cause some trouble for a proxy and intelligent cache or pages will appears in the right character set only when loading was completed. Much better variant is the Method that requires HTTP daemon actions, but it can be unavailable in some cases (e.g. if you have mirrors of your page abroad and can't control remote httpd).
What you need to do is to
insert th following statement into the <HEAD>
section of your document (as early as possible):
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=KOI8-R">
This method assumes that your browser recognizes
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type ... charset=name">
tag as described in
Internationalization of the Hypertext Markup Language (RFC 2070)
(Mozilla and
Internet Explorer both recognize it).
Of course your browser needs to know about
KOI8-R character set itself, too.
To check if your browser supports this method, set its default encoding to ISO8859-1 or Western and load this example, then you'll see the Russian text if this method is supported or some cryptic text in ISO8859-1 if not supported.