The web page was built using HTML editor 14.1 and contains a form created with Web Form builder ver 2.3 build 5217. I recently update the form on the page after which when the page loads using IE 8 on XP the page displays OK for a few seconds and then the content (text and images) disappear leaving only the background colour.
Does anybody know of compatibility issues with IE8 and if there is a work around because in South Africa there are still many XP computers in use out there.
The URL in question is www.spitbraaimasters.co.za
Thank you
IE 8 and XP compatibility problem
Alan Leader
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paintbrush
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IE8 is so out of date, Microsoft no longer supports it. Anyone still using IE8 should be used to seeing messed up webpages by now, since HTML and CSS have progressed way beyond what what the norm was when IE8 came along.
Tables for lay-out died a long time ago as well.
Have you tried it without commenting out the form code?
Also, try changing your DocType to <!DOCTYPE html> (Current standard, is backwards compatible)
There are some Google listings for problems with Iframes in tables in IE8, so you might come across something there.
Or...maybe there's someone here that still has access to IE8 that might have an idea what's going on?
Tables for lay-out died a long time ago as well.
Have you tried it without commenting out the form code?
<!--<script type="text/javascript">document.write(unescape("%3Ciframe id=\"fb_iframe\" src=\"newform2.php" + window.location.search + "\" width=\"100%\" height=\"714\"allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"%3E<a href=\"newform2.php\" title=\"newform2\">Check out my CoffeeCup Form</a>%3C/iframe%3E"));</script>
<noscript>--> <<<This opening tag is commented out as well
<iframe width="100%" height="714" style="border:none; background:transparent; overflow:hidden;"
id="fb_iframe" src="newform2/newform2.html">
<a href="newform2.php" title="newform2">Check out my CoffeeCup Form</a>
</iframe>
</noscript>
<noscript>--> <<<This opening tag is commented out as well
<iframe width="100%" height="714" style="border:none; background:transparent; overflow:hidden;"
id="fb_iframe" src="newform2/newform2.html">
<a href="newform2.php" title="newform2">Check out my CoffeeCup Form</a>
</iframe>
</noscript>
Also, try changing your DocType to <!DOCTYPE html> (Current standard, is backwards compatible)
There are some Google listings for problems with Iframes in tables in IE8, so you might come across something there.
Or...maybe there's someone here that still has access to IE8 that might have an idea what's going on?
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Might help, might not ... add this to the page head.
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
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