Top Menu and a few other things dont' work properly in IE

  • Resolved KconleyK

    (@kconleyk)


    12 years, 7 months ago

    Is their a trick for making your site work correctly in IE? My drop down doesn’t work correctly, and the footer isn’t all the way at the bottom but works flawlessly in Chrome, Safari and Firefox.

    1) If you login to forum the menu goes away
    2) The drop down goes straight down and works great in other browsers the drop down is sparactic in IE.
    3) The top of the menu is slightly cut off in IE but fully visible in other browsers.
    4) The footer comes up off the bottom a little in IE but stays at the bottom in other browsers.

    https://www.averageguygolf.com it seems a lot of my readers use IE but I can’t get it to work properly.

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  • Developers have spend years of their lives finding suitable workarounds for IE. Unfortunately, there is no magic IE button. It takes a trained eye and skilled knowledge to code out all the IE bugs that arise in development.

    I’d research what IE doesn’t like… such as gradients, filters, etc. Then, modify your code to provide defaults for IE browsers.

    You could also use some php in a widget to say something like… “I see you’re browsing with IE… For greatest functionality, try Firefox”.

    I know, it’s lame… but you get the idea. The php will “look” at your visitors browser, and display a message accordingly. So, you can display different messages for different browsers.

    I don’t know.. these are the simplest solutions I can think of… without going through the code with a “fine-toothed” comb.

    Thread Starter KconleyK

    (@kconleyk)

    I was afraid of this answer, but I appreciate the response. It looks like a plugin for a top bar for advertisement was triggering the menu issue. I got that part fixed which was the biggest issue for me.

    Now on to the footer, and an issue with firefox not displaying a Content Slider that works on other browsers. So frustrating why they all work differently.

    I know. Too many chefs stirring the pot ??

    But, it’s good we don’t have a monopoly anymore. It really hinders advancements and stifles competitiveness. 20 years ago… IE was all we had. When other browsers began to “popup” (haha), is when we began to see HUGE improvements.

    It’s one of the biggest conundrums of programming. And we have heavyweights on both sides of the fence!

    Anyways… yep. Google is your friend. There are TONS of IE tweaks, mods, and workarounds out there floating around in on-line land.

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