[Dano2]

Hi all,

I had fixed the center content area of my website to get it to view correctly in IE8 which is what I have at home. I did this last night.

When I got to work I viewed it on IE and noticed it was viewing incorrect again. So I checked the version at work is 6.0.

I would not have known this had I not been on an older version of IE. What would be the solution as I have IE 8 at home.

Can I download a version of IE6 to test with at home or is it worth it or is there another way to do this? or what would you do?

Thanks...dano

[MMJ]

Drop IE6 with an upgrade to IE8 option, test only on IE8. Or else warn IE6 users that content might look different and do minimal testing. That is what I would do.

[colinsp]

Dano, IE6 is a pain but checking my site stats it is still very widely used particularly by corporates (it would be great to drop it like MMJ says but I can't at the moment) and so I have kept it on my main development machine (this doesn't help you, as AFAIK there is no way to go back from 8 to 6 you can go back to 7 by removing 8 in control panel). There is a site that checks and displays what your site looks like in 10's of different browsers including IE6. I can't find the url to it at the moment but will find it later (got to go out now wife waiting) and post the link for you.

[colinsp]

Dano, here you go check this out http://browsershots.org/

[Dano2]

Colinsp...thanks for that link, very helpful. I also found this one, http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage. Very easy to install, works great also.

The problem with my webiste is only on 1 page. I use a ecommerce shopping cart software that I integrated into my site, which is done with .PHP. It works great on all browsers I have tried so far with the exception of IE6/IE5.5 and that one page.

The one page is for customer information, it is a table. For whatever reason that table piece will drop down to the bottom of the page in the center area. It is still there, just at the bottom.

Strange thing is that the page before that there is a similar table, that is not as long, but has the same width.

I have tried messing with the margins but that has not worked either.

Here is a screen shot attached...thanks dano

[Big-K]

Other options are MultipleIE, or the more versatile Browser Sandbox (formerly xenocode)

http://spoon.net/browsers/

[Dano2]

Thanks, but the problem is not how to view it on IE6!, but how do I fix it so it views properly on IE6.....!!!

[skyhigh007]

Go download IETester program. It will allow you to view your site in IE6 IE7 and IE8

[Dano2]

You guys are killing me here!!!. Again, the problem I am having is NOT how to view my website on IE6.

Please see my beginning post!!! My site displays fine in all versions of IE except for 1 page when I view it in IE6...

Again.......pleaseeeeeeeeeeee....I do not want to know how to view it in IE....shew.....am I not wording this correctly or something???? sorry not trying to be short here..but please read my post...thanks

[colinsp]

Give us the url to the problem page and I'll see if I can spot something

[wesware]

Check out this article on IE 6 hacks and see if one applies to your situation. http://www.davidjrush.com/blog/2009/...ugs-and-hacks/

[Dano2]

Hi colinsp...here is my url, wwwDOTdefenseproshopDOTcom

All you will need to do to see it is use IE6 and just select a product on the left side, add to cart, and then hit the checkout button, this takes you to the "please enter customer details" page where you will see the problem. The table for the information drops to the bottom of the page.

The strange thing I noticed is that when you first hit the add to cart button, there is a very similar page first that has a table exactly like that one, just not as long, it is the one that has the quantity, price etc. That table/page displays ok.

Thanks for any insight into this, I really appreciate it...dano

[kfawcett]

You could also try this Javascript addition that will make IE6 act like IE7 and fix many of the issues associated with it. http://dean.edwards.name/IE7/

On a side note. Using programs like IETester only emulate IE6 and will not be a true representation of the flaws. You are better off using a virtual environment and running IE6 in it.

I use Virtual PC 2007 with two separate virtual hard drives. One with XP and IE6 and one with XP and IE7. You can get the images freely and virtualize each system.

Download Virtual PC 2007: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Then go here and download the platform you want to test: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

[Dano2]

I ran my site on IE6 at work which is how I spotted it. And again, I need to see if I can fix the page in my website, not fix the browser itself. Thanks.

[colinsp]

Dano

Looking at it one thing that could be causing the problem is that the customer contact form is not in a Div. You have your two sidebars floated and then are displaying the contact form in the body.

The best solution (this is only a trial) set your self a div for the centre content and then drop the table for the contact form in that. It looks to me as though the table is floating below the sidebar div's which is the usual ie6 box model problem.

Give it a try and let us know how you get on.

BTW you have a spelling mistake in sidebar 1 of lipstick (liptsick)