Installing Drupal

After recreating my site by mixing a clean install with the content of my "old" database, (see here: http://drupal.org/node/22086 if interested), I pretty much sorted things out. However, there is still one thing I don't understand:

All the "old" entries get shown with a lot of question marks instead of the german special characters (ä,ü,ö). If a new entry is posted, the special characters show up right. I checked the database, the characters are correct in there.

any ideas?

thx,
Chronistin

I have no clue how to apply the taxonomy.module patch, specifically this step:

3) Patch taxonomy.module with the included taxonomy.patch with the command 'patch -p0 < taxonomy.patch' while in your drupal installation's module directory.

I don't have command line access to my site's server. How does a non-total-geek install this patch?

Thanks.

I just set up Drupal for the first time and am beginning to figure it out. In trying to set up the news aggregator I got the error message below. I deleted all my news items hoping it might clear up but now I have two messages. Actually, I cut and pasted both below as they are slightly different. I'm not sure which is which. It only seems to shows up in my administrator mode.

After a self-inflicted problem, I tried to restore my site from the backup I made before messing with the code. However, it does not work.

What I did to backup:
1.) Copied the whole directory-structure below httpdocs to a local machine
2.) Exported the mysql database

What I did to restore:
1.) Emptied the messed up database & recreated it from scratch, using the export file
2.) Deleted everything below httpdocs & put my local copy up
3.) chmodded "files" and "image" directory to 777

What happens now:
I can't login - errormessage: "user/login not found"
The site is set back to the default theme & throwing those error messages:

warning: array_keys(): The first argument should be an array in httpdocs/includes/menu.inc on line 852.

warning: Wrong parameter count for min() in httpdocs/includes/menu.inc on line 852.

warning: array_key_exists(): The second argument should be either an array or an object in httpdocs/includes/menu.inc on line 856.

warning: array_key_exists(): The second argument should be either an array or an object in httpdocs/includes/menu.inc on line 889.

warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at httpdocs/includes/common.inc:344) in httpdocs/includes/common.inc on line 167.

warning: array_key_exists(): The second argument should be either an array or an object in httpdocs/includes/menu.inc on line 386.

This is drving me nuts.

I cannot seem to attach files. When i click on "attach file" i see it there. Then Click preview ... i see it there beofre the post. but whne i click subit it never gets attached.

What am doing wrong.
I have the permissions set right... php upload dir set right.

I can successfully uplaod images using the image module. but cannot atac documents to posts

please help

I have completed a fresh install with the latest 4.6, and have noticed that gives me a blank page. I have tried changing theme but to no avail. Does anyone have any idea what could cause this?