“Compatibility View” in IE8

  • I have a small problem with viewing my site in IE8.

    https://www.indianahumanities.org/thinkreadtalk/

    Every browser but IE8 will display the site correctly. In IE8 the page and navigation alignment is slightly off. Next to the url adress bar in the browser there is a “broken page” icon called Compatibility View. The option is also located under the Tools menu in IE8. I believe it is to allow for IE7 compatible sites. Selecting that icon/option will display the page correctly.

    My question is, is there a way in the code to force the browser to recognize this and display correctly?

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  • I opened your website with IE8 it normally and correctly.

    Thread Starter blahblahguy

    (@blahblahguy)

    Were you able check it in “Compatibility View” mode? It’s an option under the Tools menu.

    Looks like CSS issues to me. You may want to look at correcting the problems using conditional comment CSS. Validate your existing CSS first, though. I would have run it through the CSS validator but jigsaw.w3.org is very sluggish today.

    Thread Starter blahblahguy

    (@blahblahguy)

    Thanks esmi. Conditional comments looks like the way to go. CSS validator didnt pull anything that looked suspicious. But then again Im a designer primarily, so not real sure about what I’m looking at and the implications any changes may make. This points me in the right direction though.

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