id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	mlocked
8416	[PATCH] mythtv.org index page doesn't rendor correctly in IE8	skd5aner <skd5aner@…>	xris	"IE8 does not render www.mythtv.org correcty due to legacy IE hacks, picture showing the issue here: [[Image(http://i42.tinypic.com/2e5qt5f.jpg)]] http://i42.tinypic.com/2e5qt5f.jpg

Simple fix below, which allows the main mythtv.org page to render correctly in IE8 using the standard CSS like the rest of the browsers.  (No more custom CSS needed for IE8+).  Reproduced the source locally, and tested to ensure this would give the results desired.[[BR]]

Change line 7 in index.html from:

{{{
    <!--[if IE]><link rel=""stylesheet"" type=""text/css"" href=""/css/ie.css"" ><![endif]-->
}}}
to

{{{
    <!--[if lt IE 8]><link rel=""stylesheet"" type=""text/css"" href=""/css/ie.css"" ><![endif]-->
}}}






Details:
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In previous version of Internet Explorer (<8), certain conditional css elements needed to be given in order for IE6 and IE7 to render as expected.  However, IE8 is greatly improved in terms of correctly rendering CSS and in general being a more standards compliant browser. 



The issue is that the main index.html page of the site currently  utilizes conditional comments for anything less than or equal to IE6, or anything equal to IE (every version).  IE8 captures this conditional comment, and rendors the CSS which is intended for IE7 and below, causing the page to rendor incorrectly.  A user can work around this by putting IE8 into IE7 compatibility mode, but that's really taking a step backward and isn't a viable solution.



By simply telling the hack to apply to any IE products that register < IE8, anyone using the legacy browsers should continue to function exactly as they are today.  However, IE8+ users will not leverage the hacks, and will use whatever is in the standard CSS files - allowing for a standard CSS format across all standard compliant browsers from here forward, and for correct rendoring of the page.

"	patch	closed	trivial	unknown	MythTV - General	Master Head	low	fixed	website		0