{"id":1459,"date":"2011-12-26T13:23:05","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T13:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2012-08-05T19:48:20","modified_gmt":"2012-08-05T19:48:20","slug":"problems-with-ie-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/problems-with-ie-9\/affordablewebsitestips\/tutorials","title":{"rendered":"Problems with ie 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many website designers and web developers are coming to me complaining of website problems with ie 9.<\/p>\n<p>The first and easiest way to avoid the flaws of the 'WordPress IE9' is to force the browser to emulate previous versions. In other words you can force the ie 9 browser to emulate ie 8. If emulating ie 8 doesn't fix the problem you can force the ie browser to emulate ie 7 and so on.<\/p>\n<p>To force IE9 to emulate a previous version, place one of the meta tags, as seen below, into the header of your web page above the other meta tags.<\/p>\n<h3>emulate IE8<\/h3>\n<p><!--DEVFMTCODE--><pre class=\"devcodeblock\" title=\"Javascript\"><table class=\"devcodetools\"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;Javascript&nbsp;|&nbsp;<\/td><td style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/wp-content\/plugins\/devformatter\/img\/devformatter-copy.png');background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:50% 50%;width:16px;height:16px;\"\/><embed id=\"ZeroClipboard1\" src=\"https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/wp-content\/plugins\/devformatter\/_zclipboard.swf\" loop=\"false\" menu=\"false\" quality=\"best\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" align=\"middle\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"false\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" flashvars=\"id=1&width=16&height=16\" wmode=\"transparent\" \/><\/td><td>&nbsp;copy&nbsp;code&nbsp;|<\/td><td style=\"cursor:pointer\" title=\"DevFormatter Plugin\" onclick=\"devfmt_credits()\">?<\/td><td width=\"99%\">&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><div class=\"devcodeoverflow\"><table class=\"devcodearea\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td class=\"devcodelines\" width=\"1%\">1<\/td><td class=\"devcodelinesarea\"><pre class=\"devcode devcodeline\"><span style=\"color: #339933;\">&amp;<\/span>lt<span style=\"color: #339933;\">;<\/span>meta http<span style=\"color: #339933;\">-<\/span>equiv<span style=\"color: #339933;\">=<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366CC;\">&quot;X-UA-Compatible&quot;<\/span> content<span style=\"color: #339933;\">=<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366CC;\">&quot;IE=EmulateIE8&quot;<\/span> <span style=\"color: #339933;\">&amp;<\/span>gt<span style=\"color: #339933;\">;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div><\/pre><!--END_DEVFMTCODE--><\/p>\n<h3>emulate IE7<\/h3>\n<p><!--DEVFMTCODE--><pre class=\"devcodeblock\" title=\"Javascript\"><table class=\"devcodetools\"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;Javascript&nbsp;|&nbsp;<\/td><td style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/wp-content\/plugins\/devformatter\/img\/devformatter-copy.png');background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:50% 50%;width:16px;height:16px;\"\/><embed id=\"ZeroClipboard2\" src=\"https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/wp-content\/plugins\/devformatter\/_zclipboard.swf\" loop=\"false\" menu=\"false\" quality=\"best\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" align=\"middle\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"false\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" flashvars=\"id=2&width=16&height=16\" wmode=\"transparent\" \/><\/td><td>&nbsp;copy&nbsp;code&nbsp;|<\/td><td style=\"cursor:pointer\" title=\"DevFormatter Plugin\" onclick=\"devfmt_credits()\">?<\/td><td width=\"99%\">&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><div class=\"devcodeoverflow\"><table class=\"devcodearea\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td class=\"devcodelines\" width=\"1%\">1<\/td><td class=\"devcodelinesarea\"><pre class=\"devcode devcodeline\"><span style=\"color: #339933;\">&amp;<\/span>lt<span style=\"color: #339933;\">;<\/span>meta http<span style=\"color: #339933;\">-<\/span>equiv<span style=\"color: #339933;\">=<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366CC;\">&quot;X-UA-Compatible&quot;<\/span> content<span style=\"color: #339933;\">=<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366CC;\">&quot;IE=EmulateIE7&quot;<\/span> <span style=\"color: #339933;\">&amp;<\/span>gt<span style=\"color: #339933;\">;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div><\/pre><!--END_DEVFMTCODE--><\/p>\n<h3>emulate IE6<\/h3>\n<p><!--DEVFMTCODE--><pre class=\"devcodeblock\" title=\"Javascript\"><table class=\"devcodetools\"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;Javascript&nbsp;|&nbsp;<\/td><td style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/wp-content\/plugins\/devformatter\/img\/devformatter-copy.png');background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:50% 50%;width:16px;height:16px;\"\/><embed id=\"ZeroClipboard3\" src=\"https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/wp-content\/plugins\/devformatter\/_zclipboard.swf\" loop=\"false\" menu=\"false\" quality=\"best\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" align=\"middle\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"false\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" flashvars=\"id=3&width=16&height=16\" wmode=\"transparent\" \/><\/td><td>&nbsp;copy&nbsp;code&nbsp;|<\/td><td style=\"cursor:pointer\" title=\"DevFormatter Plugin\" onclick=\"devfmt_credits()\">?<\/td><td width=\"99%\">&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><div class=\"devcodeoverflow\"><table class=\"devcodearea\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td class=\"devcodelines\" width=\"1%\">1<\/td><td class=\"devcodelinesarea\"><pre class=\"devcode devcodeline\"><span style=\"color: #339933;\">&amp;<\/span>lt<span style=\"color: #339933;\">;<\/span>meta http<span style=\"color: #339933;\">-<\/span>equiv<span style=\"color: #339933;\">=<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366CC;\">&quot;X-UA-Compatible&quot;<\/span> content<span style=\"color: #339933;\">=<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366CC;\">&quot;IE=EmulateIE6&quot;<\/span> <span style=\"color: #339933;\">&amp;<\/span>gt<span style=\"color: #339933;\">;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div><\/pre><!--END_DEVFMTCODE--><\/p>\n<h3>emulate IEie5<\/h3>\n<p><!--DEVFMTCODE--><pre class=\"devcodeblock\" title=\"Javascript\"><table class=\"devcodetools\"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;Javascript&nbsp;|&nbsp;<\/td><td style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/wp-content\/plugins\/devformatter\/img\/devformatter-copy.png');background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:50% 50%;width:16px;height:16px;\"\/><embed id=\"ZeroClipboard4\" src=\"https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/wp-content\/plugins\/devformatter\/_zclipboard.swf\" loop=\"false\" menu=\"false\" quality=\"best\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" align=\"middle\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"false\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" flashvars=\"id=4&width=16&height=16\" wmode=\"transparent\" \/><\/td><td>&nbsp;copy&nbsp;code&nbsp;|<\/td><td style=\"cursor:pointer\" title=\"DevFormatter Plugin\" onclick=\"devfmt_credits()\">?<\/td><td width=\"99%\">&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><div class=\"devcodeoverflow\"><table class=\"devcodearea\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td class=\"devcodelines\" width=\"1%\">1<\/td><td class=\"devcodelinesarea\"><pre class=\"devcode devcodeline\"><span style=\"color: #339933;\">&amp;<\/span>lt<span style=\"color: #339933;\">;<\/span>meta http<span style=\"color: #339933;\">-<\/span>equiv<span style=\"color: #339933;\">=<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366CC;\">&quot;X-UA-Compatible&quot;<\/span> content<span style=\"color: #339933;\">=<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366CC;\">&quot;IE=EmulateIE5&quot;<\/span> <span style=\"color: #339933;\">&amp;<\/span>gt<span style=\"color: #339933;\">;<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div><\/pre><!--END_DEVFMTCODE--><br \/>\nExample:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ie9_website_problem.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1463\" style=\"border-image: initial; border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"ie9_website_problem\" src=\"http:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ie9_website_problem.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" 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