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1. derekbeck
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Hi Otto,

   I just installed Internet Explorer 9 on my Win7 Ultimate 64bit laptop. Now, the Facebook Fan Box Widget (SFC) does not show up. However, if I hit the little "compatability view" icon on IE9, it shows the page as it appeared in IE8, and the widget appears no problem. It is a problem exclusively with IE9. Any ideas?

   My site: http://www.derekbeck.com/1775/ (widget should be just below the subscribe by email textbox on the right)

   Thanks,
   Derek

2. web00132
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Did you manage to fix this? I've got the same problem in IE9...

3. derekbeck
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Nope. But I saw other issues w/ IE9 as well, so I downgraded back to IE8.

4. Samuel Wood (Otto)
   Tech Ninja
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   You can try adding this to your theme's header.php file:

   <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE8" >

   No idea if that will force IE9 to behave properly, but it might, according to Microsoft's docs.

5. derekbeck
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   @otto: thanks! @web00132: as I'm not on IE9 now, pls post back and let me know the results

6. zvhipp
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   @otto = putting that code in header.php didn't work..

   Thanks.

7. zvhipp
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   update - I looked up other threads - <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" /> putting this in header.php worked fine :D

8. derekbeck
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   except you'd want <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8" /> I think

   I've added this on my site http://www.derekbeck.com/1775

   Can someone on IE9 verify the meta code above is indeed working to render my facebook box on the right sidebar correctly?

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