IE giving me a hard time
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:28 pm
Hello.
I've been making a website over the last few days, which is valid XHTML Transitional and CSS (the Validator has spoken). Firefox approves, and so does Opera. I'm waiting for browsershots.org to tell me whether Safari is ok with it, but until I do, I have to solve issues with Internet Explorer. When I was studying HTML, I remember that my reference would warn me that many xhtml and css elements weren't well - supported by internet explorer 6, but right now I'm having trouble with both ie 6 and ie 7, whereas ie8 shows my site well. If I remember correctly, there must've been some sort of hack such as "internet explorer compatibility mode" one could put in the XHTML code, and aid internet explorer with showing the site the way it was coded. Then again, I might be completely wrong, and the only way to make a site compatible with Internet explorer is trial and error with CSS.
Might anybody know what this "compatibility mode" is all about?
Thank you.
I've been making a website over the last few days, which is valid XHTML Transitional and CSS (the Validator has spoken). Firefox approves, and so does Opera. I'm waiting for browsershots.org to tell me whether Safari is ok with it, but until I do, I have to solve issues with Internet Explorer. When I was studying HTML, I remember that my reference would warn me that many xhtml and css elements weren't well - supported by internet explorer 6, but right now I'm having trouble with both ie 6 and ie 7, whereas ie8 shows my site well. If I remember correctly, there must've been some sort of hack such as "internet explorer compatibility mode" one could put in the XHTML code, and aid internet explorer with showing the site the way it was coded. Then again, I might be completely wrong, and the only way to make a site compatible with Internet explorer is trial and error with CSS.
Might anybody know what this "compatibility mode" is all about?
Thank you.