“Compatibility View” in IE8

  • blahblahguy

    (@blahblahguy)


    14 years, 2 months ago

    I have a small problem with viewing my site in IE8.

    http://www.indianahumanities.org/thinkreadtalk/

    Every browser but IE8 will display the site correctly. In IE8 the page and navigation alignment is slightly off. Next to the url adress bar in the browser there is a “broken page” icon called Compatibility View. The option is also located under the Tools menu in IE8. I believe it is to allow for IE7 compatible sites. Selecting that icon/option will display the page correctly.

    My question is, is there a way in the code to force the browser to recognize this and display correctly?

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  • ezygamelink

    (@ezygamelink)

    14 years, 2 months ago

    I opened your website with IE8 it normally and correctly.

    Thread Starter blahblahguy

    (@blahblahguy)

    14 years, 2 months ago

    Were you able check it in “Compatibility View” mode? It’s an option under the Tools menu.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 2 months ago

    Looks like CSS issues to me. You may want to look at correcting the problems using conditional comment CSS. Validate your existing CSS first, though. I would have run it through the CSS validator but jigsaw.w3.org is very sluggish today.

    Thread Starter blahblahguy

    (@blahblahguy)

    14 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks esmi. Conditional comments looks like the way to go. CSS validator didnt pull anything that looked suspicious. But then again Im a designer primarily, so not real sure about what I’m looking at and the implications any changes may make. This points me in the right direction though.

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