Problems with IE

  • Resolved fabian.schmid

    (@fabianschmid)


    12 years, 3 months ago

    Hello

    The theme I’m about to develop and customize on https://2013.fabians.ch displays quite strange in IE. Tested in IE8 and IE9 – they both display it differently. It should the way it does in FF and Chrome.

    I can’t get what it is that smashes the layout. Can anyone find something?

    Thanks

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  • You can’t put any code about the DOCTYPE. There are other errors as well:

    https://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2F2013.fabians.ch%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    It should the way it does in FF and Chrome.

    Unless you tiptoe around IE when building your website, this is not the case. Building websites to work in FF and Chrome means websites should break in IE.

    Thread Starter fabian.schmid

    (@fabianschmid)

    Thank you WPyogi, I’m gonna validate and put a Doctype in there.

    Unless you tiptoe around IE when building your website, this is not the case. Building websites to work in FF and Chrome means websites should break in IE.

    There are always ways to make it look kinda okay in IE as well. That’s all I need. But I can’t find the elements or styles that cause the main trouble.

    Thread Starter fabian.schmid

    (@fabianschmid)

    They don’t have a doctype in twentyeleven and twentyten themes though. Why’s that?

    Oh yes they do, don’t know where you are looking but there is DEFINITELY a Doctype in every WP default theme!

    And for that matter, any theme in the WP repository is required to have a valid DOCTYPE.

    And yours does have one, it’s just that there is CSS code above it — which is a problem and may well be causing the issues in IE. And yes, there certainly are ways to cope with IE – annoying but possible.

    Thread Starter fabian.schmid

    (@fabianschmid)

    I’m sorry I was being blind and posting too quickly…long day. Thanks for your super-fast replies!

    There must be some plugin putting code above my doctype declaration. Though it was SEO Facebook but it apparently isn’t. Gonna try with deactivating all of em..

    No problem — it just cracked me up :)! (It’s a bit like saying the earth is flat — LOL)

    Did you try to change the bottom margin on h2 tags – that’s what the errant code is doing…

    Thread Starter fabian.schmid

    (@fabianschmid)

    The earth is flat though, ain’t it?! :O

    Yes I just changed them and set those styles with classes. Validation working now, thanks!

    And hell that is great. IE9 is now displaying everything as perfect as it can! As well is IE9 in compatibility mode for IE8. In IE7 mode there are some more imperfections however I guess I can fix that pretty soon.

    Shoulda thought of validation earlier, it’s been too long since the last serious coding:)

    Thanks again, have a good evening (or whatever time it is where you are).

    LOL — morning in California, and the sun is shining after 4 days of total rain. You have a good one too!

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