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bbPress Support Forums » Topic: here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/heres-how-to-fix-internet-explorer-8-messing-up-your-design en-US Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:21:42 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://bbpress.org/forums/search.php Ben Sutcliffe on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/heres-how-to-fix-internet-explorer-8-messing-up-your-design#post-36283 Sun, 31 May 2009 17:46:22 +0000 Ben Sutcliffe 36283@http://bbpress.org/forums/ @_ck_ I think I love you. Michael3185 on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/heres-how-to-fix-internet-explorer-8-messing-up-your-design#post-36212 Fri, 29 May 2009 11:01:53 +0000 Michael3185 36212@http://bbpress.org/forums/ 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" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/heres-how-to-fix-internet-explorer-8-messing-up-your-design#post-26515 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:23:58 +0000 _ck_ 26515@http://bbpress.org/forums/ 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" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/heres-how-to-fix-internet-explorer-8-messing-up-your-design#post-25907 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:00:18 +0000 dr_mcdonald 25907@http://bbpress.org/forums/ 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" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/heres-how-to-fix-internet-explorer-8-messing-up-your-design#post-25617 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:34:27 +0000 _ck_ 25617@http://bbpress.org/forums/ 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. <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/04/10/prepare-for-automatic-update-distribution-of-ie8.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/04/10/prepare-for-automatic-update-distribution-of-ie8.aspx</a> 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" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/heres-how-to-fix-internet-explorer-8-messing-up-your-design#post-24923 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:45:52 +0000 ipstenu 24923@http://bbpress.org/forums/ 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" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/heres-how-to-fix-internet-explorer-8-messing-up-your-design#post-24916 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:20:52 +0000 wilcosky 24916@http://bbpress.org/forums/ 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: <a href="http://www.robertnyman.com/2008/01/23/version-targeting-in-ie-8-and-an-alternative-path-for-microsoft/" rel="nofollow">http://www.robertnyman.com/2008/01/23/version-targeting-in-ie-8-and-an-alternative-path-for-microsoft/</a> 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" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/heres-how-to-fix-internet-explorer-8-messing-up-your-design#post-24907 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:43:43 +0000 Null 24907@http://bbpress.org/forums/ 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" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/heres-how-to-fix-internet-explorer-8-messing-up-your-design#post-24905 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:19:56 +0000 _ck_ 24905@http://bbpress.org/forums/ 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: <a href="http://start-o.xenocode.com/layers/ie8/8-0-0-0__2/ie8.exe" rel="nofollow">http://start-o.xenocode.com/layers/ie8/8-0-0-0__2/ie8.exe</a> jaimetout on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/heres-how-to-fix-internet-explorer-8-messing-up-your-design#post-18789 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:31:28 +0000 jaimetout 18789@http://bbpress.org/forums/ 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" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/heres-how-to-fix-internet-explorer-8-messing-up-your-design#post-18783 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:14:20 +0000 _ck_ 18783@http://bbpress.org/forums/ 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" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/heres-how-to-fix-internet-explorer-8-messing-up-your-design#post-18757 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:15:11 +0000 chrishajer 18757@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Use this procedure: <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/delete-post-by-its-owner#post-18737" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/delete-post-by-its-owner#post-18737</a> 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" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/heres-how-to-fix-internet-explorer-8-messing-up-your-design#post-18756 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:02:46 +0000 dss 18756@http://bbpress.org/forums/ where do we put this code? ddemeo on "here's how to fix Internet Explorer 8 messing up your design" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/heres-how-to-fix-internet-explorer-8-messing-up-your-design#post-18751 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:24:09 +0000 ddemeo 18751@http://bbpress.org/forums/ 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" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/heres-how-to-fix-internet-explorer-8-messing-up-your-design#post-18734 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:18:39 +0000 _ck_ 18734@http://bbpress.org/forums/ This mini-plugin will fix your layout/graphics for visitors that insist on using IE 8.0 <pre><code>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</code></pre> 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: <a href="http://start-o.xenocode.com/layers/ie8/8-0-0-0__2/ie8.exe" rel="nofollow">http://start-o.xenocode.com/layers/ie8/8-0-0-0__2/ie8.exe</a>