Comments on: WordPress IE8 Fix for Display Problems

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:00:42 +0000

I have a wordpress blog in an inline frame on the home page of my html website. As I test the site offline before uploading changes (we’re on satellite broadband which is expensive and SLOW) I confess I never tested the blog online with IE8 – only Chrome and Firefox. When I finally looked at it today after my brother said something was wrong I found that the WordPress section flickers on and off in a random unstable way. I’m using the most recent WordPress upgrade.

By: david

david — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 05:01:16 +0000

Krissie, the following was offered by a colleague

“http://cufon.shoqolate.com/generate/

The notice at the top of the page – there is a newer engine for cufon that addresses several IE issues. This has been incorporated into the HDT framework already though.

I HIGHLY discourage the use of cufon in dropdown menus SPECIFICALLY because how IE attempts to render objects after the DOM has been established. (which is piss poor, and very cpu intensive/crappy performance on most computers)

You should almost always stick to a normal webfont or an @font-face font for anything that isn’t first rendered on the page. i.e. the top Nav is safe to use cufon.”

For what it’s worth.

By: Krissie

Krissie — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:17:00 +0000

I am having a SERIOUS problem with IE8 not displaying a cufon font in the submenu It works in every other browser and when I put IE8 in Compatability mode, but then the header spacing gets thrown way off. I tried this fix, but I’m not seeing any results. Would you have any idea what to look at? Thanks!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:06:00 +0000

Hey everyone-

I put the tags in the header.php file and it still does not seem to be working. Compatibility View mode also doesn’t work. Does anyone have any suggestions for me?

Thanks!

Sarah.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:11:50 +0000

Thanks David! The changes I made oddly didn’t appear for an hour or so after making them! Thanks for the compliments on my site!

By: David

David — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:42:32 +0000

Amy, you’re site looks great to me in IE8. Good job fixing it, and nice site.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 03:52:18 +0000

Same thing as Rose. I’d really hate to change my theme. Can someone check my site out and give me some tips (please!) to fix this? Much appreciated!