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Ian #226671 05/21/2009 10:27 AM
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Noticed the same icon on Zarzal's site - http://www.dragonclan-forum.de/board/ubbthreads.php/forum_summary - whilst we are using the same stylesheet I also get it with other styles so it is not that.

Puzzled as to why it is working here

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Is your browser by chance caching data of what the forum was pre-change?


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I don't see any extra lines or double images when switching to compatibility mode on your site, however I do have a theory on why the image is displaying on your site and zarzal's but not here.

I think it's possibly to do with XHTML errors. When I do a check here, there are quite a few but all of them are missing alt tags on images. When I run a check on your site and on zarzal's there are all sort of XHTML issues. It very well could be related.

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If it's not the XHTML errors causing the issue, then it could be the placement. While it shouldn't matter, on here it's one of the first meta tags, listed and on your site it's quite a ways down.

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Ok, it does appear to be the placement. If you have other meta tags, then those are coming first and it's causing the issue. What you can do is edit the templates/default/header.tpl file.

Move this line:

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />

Right above this line:

{$headerinsert}

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Thanks - thought about this and tried that before.

This then gets rid of the icon, however I am then seeing loads of extra lines, when I scroll up and down and when I go to click on images I see double images all over the place and as a result you end up clicking on the wrong link.

However it only affects the one sytlesheet, which is weird - so will have a play around.

At the moment the icon is gone, but it is hard to navigate now.

Unless of course it is purely my browser - which is possible.

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Just thought I would share this tidbit from my old windows host.
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Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) in March, and although its deployment has been slow, the new browser has created a potential concern for designers and developers.

The new browser introduces a slew of fundamental improvements, including security, ease of use, and support for RSS, CSS, and Ajax. Most noteworthy in IE8, however, are the significant changes in the way pages are rendered. In contrast to previous versions of IE, Microsoft has made a gallant effort in IE8 to render pages in greater conformity to web standards.

ie8-compatview

Although standardization enables consistent development across browser platforms, sites designed for older versions of IE may not display as intended in IE8. (Learn about rendering in IE at Microsoft’s IE Compatibility Center.)

To mitigate display issues, Microsoft has introduced in IE8 a “compatibility view” that enables sites to revert back to IE7 rendering. It’s a quick fix that enables webmasters to punt on the IE8 rendering changes. To force display in compatibility view, simply add the following meta-element to your pages:

<meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”IE=EmulateIE7"/>

Since other browsers will ignore this code, Microsoft suggests this approach has the best blend of allowing web developers to easily write code to interoperable web standards while not causing compatibility problems with current content.

You can also address this issue by adding HTTP Response Headers in IIS6 or IIS7 [read]. This is very convenient for any web developers that have static sites.

So it looks like if you have the compatibility icon then the Meta tag is not in place.


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