# Making a thai website and need help with the folder name

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**Created:** [September 10, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/making-a-thai-website-and-need-help-with-the-folder-name/57556 "2026-09-10T13:39:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lukas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9a140/32.png) [@Lukas](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Lukas)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/making-a-thai-website-and-need-help-with-the-folder-name/57556/1 "2026-09-10T13:39:07Z")

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Hi,

I’m currently building a Thai website in RapidWeaver Elements and I have a question about folder/page URLs.

For example, I have a page where the folder name is:

ขอบคุณ

However, the URL is displayed as something like:

%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%93/

The page encoding is set to Unicode (UTF-8).

Is this expected behaviour in Elements, or is there a setting that allows Thai characters to remain readable in the URL?

Ideally I would like the URL to appear as:

/ขอบคุณ/

rather than the percent-encoded version.

Is this related to the Unicode/UTF-8 setting, or would you recommend using English/Latin folder names for Thai websites?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![tpbradley](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/tpbradley/32/25503_2.png) [@tpbradley](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/tpbradley)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/making-a-thai-website-and-need-help-with-the-folder-name/57556/2 "2026-09-10T15:03:02Z")

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Hi @Lukas

That’s expected — non-ASCII characters in a folder name get percent-encoded in the URL. The Unicode (UTF-8) page encoding setting is for the page content, not how the path is written.

Most browsers still show the readable Thai form in the address bar even when the underlying URL is encoded. There’s no setting in Elements to change that.

If you’d rather have a simpler path for sharing and hosting, I’d recommend a Latin/English folder name (and keep Thai for the page title).

Cheers