CSS Issue - Layout &amp; troubles in IE7 / IE8

Hi Chris,

I spent a bit of time on this, and think I've made a dent in some of the issues you mentioned. I fear spending too much time with IE, lest I lose my sanity, but let me know if I have missed anything and I'll go back in (tomorrow).

Cheers,
Mark

Thanks again for your time, Mark. I don't see any differences in IE7? What issues do you think you've managed to make progress on so far?

Thanks

Chris

Hi Chris,

Did you try clearing your browser cache? You might need to do that (CTRL+SHIFT+R).

I think I fixed the IE8 button color issue, and the IE7 button layout (stacking) issue.

The Preview issue is a new one I've never seen before but is much more than just a CSS issue, so I'll have to hand that over the Stian to fix.

Yes, that's what was needed - the top buttons are now inline, although the Preview & Submit ones don't line up yet + the width of the text entry box still makes it overlap across the right column where the details of the message poster is displayed. Think you've earned your evening with a glass of vino for now :-)

Yes, the preview is most unusual!

Thanks again.

Chris

26 Jan 11

Mark Simpson wrote:

The Preview issue is a new one I've never seen before but is much more than just a CSS issue, so I'll have to hand that over the Stian to fix.

Just wondering how the investigations are going?

Many thanks!

Hi Chris,

The site preview issue appears to be caused by a plugin you are using called joomseo. Disabling the plugin fixes the issue.

I've fixed the button alignment issue, as well as the width of the textarea.

The background gradients are a CSS3 feature that is unsupported by IE7, hence not appearing in that browser. With IE9 coming out soon, and IE7 use dropping rapidly, I don't think that is a significant issue given that it doesn't impede functionality.

Is that ok with you?

Kind regards,
Mark

Hi,

I can report that we just had the same problem on a site using sh404SEF.
So at this stage I suspect something is up in our SEF router in Ninjaboard.

We've figured out the cause, but are still investigating the solution.

Thanks, guys - you are both true pros! Ninjaforge offers some of the best support out there.

Yes, we can live without background gradients .... and as for IE, you wouldn't believe the number of clients I deal with who are still on version 6 (mostly schools actually), never mind the dizzy heights of IE7 or IE8. Perhaps they can be persuaded to leap straight to version 9 .... I live in hope.

I look forward to hearing further news on the fixing the gremlins that appear when we all try to make our sites SEO friendly ;)

Cheers

Chris

Thanks for the kind words, Chris.

Feel free to post a review on the JED :)

BTW we acknowledge that there are is a significant section of web users that still use IE6 and 7, and we are committed to supporting these browsers. However, at this point we only aim to maintain consistent "functionality" cross-browser. Keeping the styling pixel-perfect on the legacy browsers isn't something we can support at this point, but we will definitely give it a higher priority once Ninjaboard is more mature :)

Cheers,
Mark

Hi Chris,

Can you try this package for us: http://cl.ly/1a1R38192n252J2n0F24 ?

We've changed our SEF router in 1.1 a little, it should resolve the problem you're experiencing with JoomSEO.

Thanks

Hi Stian

I'd be very happy to. Am out on a site visit this morning but will give it a try this afternoon. Any special upgrade instructions? Over the top of existing installation or an uninstall first. Also, it won't affect any of the IE7 tweaks that Mark has done on the site will it?

Many thanks

Chris

Hi Chris,

Glad to hear that.

Just install it over the existing installation; there is no need to uninstall first.
No, it won't affect my IE7 changes, as those were applied to your Joomla template.

Cheers,
mark

That's everything I needed (and expected!) to hear. Leaving right now so will report in later ....

Cheers

Chris

Sorry this took me longer to test than envisaged. I just did the install. At first I thought that nothing was happening when I clicked Preview. Then I realised that the content in the editing pane itself was actually changing. See attached.

The story is not so great with older browsers. IE7 renders the preview text on top of the original text. I'll post a screenshot of this in a moment......

Cheers

Chris

.... and here is what happens in IE7:

Hmmm - am getting some 404 errors now when deleting a post and replying to posts .....

Just using the standard Joomla SEF urls

Thanks for the reports, siteease.

Looks like something Stian has to look at. That'll probably happen on Monday. I am in fact going to suggest to him removing the preview feature altogether until we can develop a better system. Preview is a "nice to have" not a "must have", so it would be better to go without it than to have the feature poorly implemented... in my opinion anyway.

Could you please post the 404 issue in a new thread, as this one is about the IE7/IE8 issues.

Thanks

Mark Simpson wrote:

Could you please post the 404 issue in a new thread, as this one is about the IE7/IE8 issues.

Thanks

The 404 (actually it seems to be a 500) error is only present with the alpha version you asked me to test and affects all browsers. Do you still want it in a new thread?

Mark Simpson wrote:

I am in fact going to suggest to him removing the preview feature altogether until we can develop a better system. Preview is a "nice to have" not a "must have", so it would be better to go without it than to have the feature poorly implemented... in my opinion anyway.

It actually works quite nicely in latest browsers and as a preview system it is an improvement on many other forums, IMO. Worth sticking at, I think ...

Cheers

Chris

Hi,

The IE7 preview overlay bug should be easy to fix.
We're likely using the css opacity on it, so changing to visibility: hidden, display: none or that propietary MS alpha filter should resolve it.

As for the redirect issue, it should be resolved in this nightly: http://cl.ly/221z040O2W3s3P3B2j3h

Cheers

Hi Guys

I have applied the latest nightly build (1.0.4) and, whilst the redirect is solved, the original preview issues have returned ???

Oh the joys of beta testing, eh? ;)

Let me sync up fixes between 1.1 and 1.0 and send you another copy :)

Cheers