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ie8 problem but not always?

Thread began 10/13/2010 8:41 am by roy.chappell355352 | Last modified 10/14/2010 6:50 pm by neilo | 2063 views | 4 replies |

10/13/2010 8:41 am | #1 roy.chappell355352

ie8 problem but not always?

Hi

I created a site some time ago ~ food.htm ~ recently the client says it is not displaying correctly, she is using ie8. I have had a look at the site in my version of ie8 but dont see the problem. She reports a few people are seeing the error with ie8 yet i have got others to look at it with ie8 and they dont see the problem ~ its very strange.

This is a link to an image of the problem area they have ~ food-page.jpg

Thanks for any help, its driving me mad mainly as i cant see the problem to correct.

Roy

10/13/2010 9:08 am | #2 neilo

The clients who are seeing the error are viewing the page in IE8 'compatibility view', a feature to render older pages correctly.

They should just switch compatibility view off.

10/13/2010 9:28 am | #3 neilo

Something else to try might be to add a clearing element before the closing </div> tag of the #content div.

Find the code in your page:

<p>Sara Hester &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sevenoaks &nbsp;&nbsp;01732 460350<br>
          Carole Wildman &nbsp;Godalming &nbsp;01483 427329</p>
      </div>
      <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> </div>

and try adding:

<br style="clear: both; height: 0pt; font-size: 1px; line-height: 0px;">

just before the closing div tag (just before the ' comment):

<p>Sara Hester &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sevenoaks &nbsp;&nbsp;01732 460350<br>
          Carole Wildman &nbsp;Godalming &nbsp;01483 427329</p>
      </div><br style="clear: both; height: 0pt; font-size: 1px; line-height: 0px;">
      <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> </div>

That should force the 'content' div to fully contain the copyholder div, and present OK whether IE8 is in compatibility view or not. Maybe. It's worth a try.

10/14/2010 2:23 am | #4 roy.chappell355352

thanks & a solution

Hi

Thanks for your comments.

Unfortunately adding
<br style="clear: both; height: 0pt; font-size: 1px; line-height: 0px;">
had no effect.

I got around the problem by adding the following code just below <head>, just below <head> is important for it to work

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=ie8" />

This enforces IE8 to display the page in the IE8 Standards Mode engine

Roy

10/14/2010 6:50 pm | #5 neilo

Many thanks for posting back with the tip, Roy.

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