IE8 Compatibility issue, I have code to fix it :)

by **jsebean** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 4:37 pm

Hi All,
As you may know, if users are running IE8 and are not in compatibility mode, then the userlist is "messed up". There is a meta tag you can put in the index.php to fix this issue. The meta tag automatically renders IE8 to go in compatibility mode. This works for both Beta editions of IE8, and the final release.

Here is the Meta tag.

Code: Select all: <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />

Post the meta tag in the <head> and </head> area in the html section.

Once you do that, and save your changes, every time a user with IE8 goes to phpfreechat, they do not have to run in compatibility mode, instead, IE automatically goes in compatibility mode, and the user cannot take it out of compatibility mode. As I've tested, when using this tag, the compatibility mode button disappears. I have tested and works fine.

by **OldWolf** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:49 am

We actually do have this tag in a few places, but thank you for posting it.

by **Frumph** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:45 am

Note that this only works with certain doctypes only.

by **re*s.t.a.r.s.*2** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 10:22 am

Frumph wrote:Note that this only works with certain doctypes only.

Correct but if you use this in httacess file it will make it work for all docs type
I think...

Code: Select all: <FilesMatch ".(html|htm|php)$"> # Header set X-UA-Compatible "IE=EmulateIE7" # </FilesMatch>

hope this make sense..

by **Asimina** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:33 pm

thanks ! it worked like a charm!

IE8 Compatibility issue, I have code to fix it :)

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