IE giving me a hard time

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Jafil21
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IE giving me a hard time

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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.
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kaszu
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Re: IE giving me a hard time

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"internet explorer compatibility mode" is for IE8 to display site like IE7 does it. In your case it won't be useful.
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JellyFish
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Re: IE giving me a hard time

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Internet Explorer Compatibility Mode is a solution for IE8. Sense so many sites are designed for IE6 and 7, making IE8 more standards compliant will cause IE8 to correctly render incorrect hacks for IE6/7. So basically, Compatibility Mode is IE7's rendering engine within IE8.
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