dealing with Internet Explorer issues

  • Resolved sjbuckley

    (@sjbuckley)


    14 years, 1 month ago

    Hello, so i just finished 3 months of work on my blog and i finally got it the way i want. Unfortunately, it doesn’t render properly in Internet Explorer 7 and previous versions. This problem has turned into a major headache. IE 8 and all other major browsers render fine (as far as i know).

    Below are the solutions i found and what i intend to do about it. As my experience with web design is limited to the last three months, i would greatly appreciate your feedback/ideas/solutions on this issue.

    Here is my blog:
    planetemediatic.com

    First thing i did was run my site through the W3C validator. It gave me 57 errors and 1 warning. Unfortunately, i lack the knowledge to fix these right away. This is my prefered solution as it better for the code to be solid across all browsers rather than using workarounds (or so i understood from what i read…). But i need at least a temporary fix so i can get on with blogging right now.

    Another solution i came across is to use browser specific style sheets. Once again, my limited knowledge on this topic prevents me from fixing the issue in a minimum of time. Mainly, i have to figure out what code/css to change specifically for Internet Explorer.

    I have found a temporary solution that i have yet to try: using a wordpress plugin that displays a warning dialog when IE7 or previous are detected. No IE welcome seemed like the most interesting. I don’t think this is a good permanent solution though.

    Thank you so much!

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  • Micah Cooksey

    (@micahcooksey)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    I just recently had to deal with some IE issues. I just went through the validator and gradually fixed the errors, one by one. One thing, even though you have 57 errors initially, count on some of those disappear as you fix others. Start at the top, and go down the list because errors at the bottom can be caused by errors at the top.. It’s easier if you set it to “show source” so you can click on the line number and it’ll take you right to where the error is.

    Browser specific stylesheets are good, but like you said you should have your code be as close to valid as possible. Work on your code, and then you can use specific stylesheets. I used <!--[if IE 7]> and <!--[endif]>.

    Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    doesn’t look too bad, generally.
    it is mainly the front page in IE7 that is unreadable. singlearticles seem to be ok.

    just one idea:
    try and change this in style.css of the theme:

    (background from #FFFFFF to transparent)

    .posts {

	background: transparent;

	margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;

	padding: 10px;

	display: inline;

	}

    Thread Starter sjbuckley

    (@sjbuckley)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    Thank you for your help. After spending a good 10 hrs straight on the computer, i fixed all the bugs.

    You can see the result: Planète Média(TIC)

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