IE8 not displaying pages properly

**PoPs42** · 12 Jun 2009, 12:43 AM

re: Zen Cart v1.3.8a/v1.3.8 with UK mod

since installing IE8 my store and many other of my webpages have taken on a spacing of their own!
i have fixed my webpages by inserting the following line (before any links)

Code:

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" />

but i'm still left with the store having odd spacing as i cannot figure where to insert this line!
any suggestions?
NB: the store looks okay with the 'compatibility view' button activated, so i'm guessing there will be a proper fix to look out for soon??

**stevesh** · 12 Jun 2009, 12:54 AM

We'll need a link to your site.

**PoPs42** · 12 Jun 2009, 01:03 AM

http://www.plusoneproducts.co.uk/onlinestore/

**PoPs42** · 25 Jul 2009, 12:56 PM

Figured it out

Thought I'd post the solution just in case anyone else is still wondering how.

In 'html_header.php'
change

Code:

<head>
<title><?php echo META_TAG_TITLE; ?></title>

to

Code:

<head>
 <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" />
<title><?php echo META_TAG_TITLE; ?></title>

This solves the problem across all the pages

**stevesh** · 25 Jul 2009, 04:28 PM

Actually, that doesn't really 'solve' anything. It just forces your visitors' browsers to Compatibility Mode. Better, I think to fix the underlying problem, especially since Firefox 3 usually renders pages the same as IE8.

**gjh42** · 25 Jul 2009, 04:43 PM

Validation shows that you have 13 HTML errors; some are trivial, but some can cause major problems. I think fixing one <br> to <br /> will solve many of the major problems.

**PoPs42** · 26 Jul 2009, 02:04 AM

thanks stevesh/gjh42
have fixed what i could re validating link - i'll have to remember that one, cheers,

i'm not sure what i can do about the remaining errors though, any clues?
ie the XML Parsing Error: xmlParseEntityRef: no name errors.
Re & errors, i'm guessing the only way to rid that is to change the title of the product? (or accessing the database or something - which i have no prior experience!)

re the look of the page
am still getting the break/space at the top though,
so have put back my IE=7 insert for the mo. Sorry Firefox 3 users!

i'm not sure what you're seeing but here's a PrtSc image of the two views,
as you can see it looks a lot better with the compatibility activated.
any clues as to where to correct this?

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