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floyd wagner on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design"

floyd wagner — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:25:19 +0000

I never knew this could happen until I installed IE 8 on my machine. Thanks guys for the help. I'm lucky and appreciative I got to the right forum and site. Thanks

Floyd Wagner
Web Design and Developent | Design and Multimedia

ronaldstarr on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design"

ronaldstarr — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 11:07:41 +0000

i had that problem in IE7 but didnt knew that the problem existed in IE8 im using win 7 and got to try your trick, anyways thanks for sharing :)

http://www.reallyvegasphoto.com 'Las vegas photographer'

FYGD on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design"

FYGD — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:30:58 +0000

Hello, I just used this in the header.php of my wordpress site to make it compatible with IE8…and it works…any thoughts….?

this was put right before the </head> tag.

Ben Sutcliffe on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design"

Ben Sutcliffe — Sun, 31 May 2009 17:46:22 +0000

@_ck_ I think I love you.

Michael3185 on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design"

Michael3185 — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:01:53 +0000

Just found this. Did MS management and development all graduate from special schools? (And in case someone's overly pc and takes offence, I've worked in many special schools, and have always been delighted at pupils' achievements).

_ck_ on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design"

_ck_ — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:23:58 +0000

The average user of IE is not going to know to throw it into compatibility mode.

dr_mcdonald on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design"

dr_mcdonald — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:00:18 +0000

IE 8 comes with a Compatibility View option built in. My site uses Word Press 2.7.1 with the Grid Focus 1.1 by Derek Punsalan, and with Compatibility View it renders perfectly, no work around needed.

_ck_ on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design"

_ck_ — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:34:27 +0000

IE8 breaks some rendering on some themes.
If it works in IE7 however, this mini-pluging will make it work again.

Microsoft is starting a semi-forced IE8 upgrade tomorrow via Automatic Updates.
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/04/10/prepare-for-automatic-update-distribution-of-ie8.aspx
Most novices will be too scared NOT to install it so the number of IE8 users will grow exponentially this week.

Ipstenu on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design"

Ipstenu — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:45:52 +0000

I'm a Mac/Ubunto User at home (and my office is stuck on IE 6) so ... what problems are happening with IE 8?

wilcosky on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design"

wilcosky — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:20:52 +0000

I'm confused though. I thought that IE8 automatically renders pages like IE7 unless you tell it to behave better with a meta tag. At least that is what this article says:

http://www.robertnyman.com/2008/01/23/version-targeting-in-ie-8-and-an-alternative-path-for-microsoft/

So why is a code needed to tell IE8 to act like IE7, when supposedly it already does this?
I'm still researching and just not learning about IE8 so maybe I'm reading the above article wrong.

Null on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design"

Null — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:43:43 +0000

There is also a offical MS code you can put in your header that IE8 can read and it will automaticly render as IE7 when it's in. I only can't remember what that code was :)

But to be honest, these are dirty fixes. Since IE8 is more 'web standard compatible' then IE6 or 7 we should update the CSS files with the next release (and hopefully get rid of those: if IE then... code)

_ck_ on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design"

_ck_ — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:19:56 +0000

For those that don't want to install IE8 permanently to just test their sites, this version will run in it's own virtual box so it doesn't affect the rest of your system:

http://start-o.xenocode.com/layers/ie8/8-0-0-0__2/ie8.exe

inkey on "Bug loading topic pages when using Internet Explorer"

inkey — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:51:08 +0000

Did anyone can help me to resolve this problem.

I suspect that the problem is in cookies, because the problem appears in two days, after user is registered on forum.

Now I installed __ck__ plugin "Year Long Cookies - Remember Me", but this is not resolve my problem.

I can not tell to all my users what browser they must to use. Only one reason to use bbPress is integration with WordPress database.

Did anyone develop the stable version of bbPress?

Sorry for my bad English, and for emotions.

inkey on "Bug loading topic pages when using Internet Explorer"

inkey — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:56:44 +0000

Please, try to load it again.

Error 500 was in moment of night maintenance (site is cached, and it worked without problems).

Help me, please!

Ipstenu on "Bug loading topic pages when using Internet Explorer"

Ipstenu — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:34:25 +0000

Aha! Outside my office firewall I get an Error 500 right away on oakdaily.ru/forum, BUT oakdaily.ru works without issue!

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, support@netangels.ru and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Apache/2.2.3 (Debian) Server at oakdaily.ru Port 80

Traceroute gets me this

traceroute to oakdaily.ru (91.201.53.16), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  home (xxx.xx.xx.xxx)  1.960 ms  1.405 ms  0.730 ms
 2  adsl-xx-xxx-xxx-xxx.dsl.MYSERVER.net (76.197.239.254)  19.255 ms  16.898 ms  17.679 ms
 3  12.83.63.137 (12.83.63.137)  41.463 ms  47.398 ms  39.459 ms
 4  equinix.nyc.retn.net (206.223.131.96)  39.441 ms  40.698 ms  39.450 ms
 5  ae3-7.RT.M9.MSK.RU.retn.net (87.245.233.197)  185.161 ms ae2-10.RT.M9.MSK.RU.retn.net (87.245.233.133)  184.561 ms  184.576 ms
 6  so-0-0-0.ebrg-rgr1.ur.ip.rostelecom.ru (87.226.138.182)  212.860 ms  273.203 ms  256.098 ms
 7  87.226.138.210 (87.226.138.210)  208.845 ms  212.029 ms  210.828 ms
8   79.133.95.20 (79.133.95.20)  212.878 ms  209.786 ms  211.095 ms
9   u7258.netangels.ru (91.201.53.16)  212.860 ms  214.290 ms  214.865 ms

inkey on "Bug loading topic pages when using Internet Explorer"

inkey — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:01:41 +0000

Strange, very strange.

We have users from US, they can write from firefox without any problem.

Let's go back to the first post in this topic/

Problem was in IE, when user is logged in he can't view no one topic. Topic loads, user can see part, that is in visible portion of browser window and popup appears, after clicking OK - "Internet Explorer can not view this page".

That is the problem.

P.S. There is a problem in Russia today with communication channels - some uplinks are broken today.

Try to:
tracert oakdaily.ru
from command line ( Start ---> Run ---> cmd ---> tracert oakdaily.ru )

Ipstenu on "Bug loading topic pages when using Internet Explorer"

Ipstenu — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:33:23 +0000

Whoops! Pasted the wrong image! (I knew that! I did!). Anyhow, I can get to your domain, but I can't get to your forum at all (times out on FF).

inkey on "Bug loading topic pages when using Internet Explorer"

inkey — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:05:53 +0000

Сheck DOMAIN, not URL!

http://oakdaily.ru

Ipstenu on "Bug loading topic pages when using Internet Explorer"

Ipstenu — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:02:58 +0000

Fails across the board for me: http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4926/oakdaily.png

(also ignore Comcast, they're barfing today)

inkey on "Bug loading topic pages when using Internet Explorer"

inkey — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:25:03 +0000

Checked. A-type:

Only Seattle WA, United States (Speakeasy) and Pennsylvania PA, United States (Comcast) are marked red.

Any Idea?

Ipstenu on "Bug loading topic pages when using Internet Explorer"

Ipstenu — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:04:33 +0000

It's your site. Firefox dies on my computer, saying the host is unreachable. Checking http://www.whatsmydns.net/ it comes up red, so your DNS may be broken.

inkey on "Bug loading topic pages when using Internet Explorer"

inkey — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:18:39 +0000

I've installed bbPress 1.0.6. alpha and integrate it with WordPress 2.7.1. Everything is fine.

But there is one big problem:

When user with IE is registered, he can use forum for 2 or 3 days, after that he cannot open no one topic. After User is log in and click on topic link page loads and there is error pop-up, that says (translated to English):

Can not load page --there is url to topic page--
Operation aborted

With "OK" button.

After clicking "OK" there is IE page, that says "Internet Explorer can not view this page".

In Firefox, Chrome, K-Meleon and Opera everything is fine.

You can test it on: http://oakdaily.ru/forum

Sorry for my English.

jaimetout on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design"

jaimetout — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:31:28 +0000

I can confirm that this does work as a WordPress mini-plugin if you replace 'bb_send_headers' with 'send_headers'.

Thanks so much for posting this tip, _ck_. I've been fighting against weird layout issues and javascript screwiness ever since I installed IE8.

_ck_ on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design"

_ck_ — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:14:20 +0000

Also related, remember if you use XP and you install IE8 (beta) you CANNOT uninstall it. It locks you in. So everyone might want to avoid the temptation to play unless it's on a virtual box.

chrishajer on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design"

chrishajer — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:15:11 +0000

Use this procedure:
http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/delete-post-by-its-owner#post-18737

Make it its own plugin, or put into a plugin file with other tweaks.

dss on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design"

dss — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:02:46 +0000

where do we put this code?

ddemeo on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design"

ddemeo — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:24:09 +0000

You are awesome! I didn't even know this problem might exist, and you've already addressed it. I definitely need to get my butt onto your site and make a donation!

_ck_ on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design"

_ck_ — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:18:39 +0000

This mini-plugin will fix your layout/graphics
for visitors that insist on using IE 8.0

function fix_ie8() {if (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],"MSIE 8")) {header("X-UA-Compatible: IE=7");}}
add_action('bb_send_headers','fix_ie8');  // for bbPress
add_action('send_headers','fix_ie8');    // for WordPress

Essentially it makes IE8 render like IE7 by sending a special (invisible) header only to IE8 users.
Problem solved.

It blows my mind that a page that can render perfectly in Opera - which is THE standards browser - can be messed up by Microsoft attempting to conform to standards. What a (continued) waste of everyone's time.

ps. For those that don't want to install IE8 permanently to just test their sites, this version will run in it's own virtual box so it doesn't affect the rest of your system:

http://start-o.xenocode.com/layers/ie8/8-0-0-0__2/ie8.exe

pwdrskier4 on "Page Loading Problem in Internet Explorer"

pwdrskier4 — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:27:19 +0000

I believe that it was a problem with the way my host (GoDaddy) deals with .htaccess files. I was also having major issues with the same as this: http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/pretty-permalinks-not-working?replies=29#post-5247

All-in-all, I would say stay away from GoDaddy if you are trying to do a integrated wordpress/bbpress site. I have moved the site to another host and all issues have been resolved.

chrishajer on "Page Loading Problem in Internet Explorer"

chrishajer — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:32:08 +0000

Need a little more info. How about a URL? What type of hosting are you using (Windows or Linux)? Is it on the WWW or on localhost? Did you modify any files? Are you using .htaccess with rewrite rules for pretty permalinks?

My suggestion would be to share some more info so people might be able to help you.

Thanks.