Hi Masada, sure PM'd you.
If anyone has Torben's issue above with characters in a different language, then...
skin/smart_template/customer/home.tpl
Change...
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="{$default_charset|default:"iso-8859-1"}"?>
to...
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="{$default_charset|default:"UTF-8"}"?>