Site does not display well in IE6 and older

[9999]

I recently viewed this site: www.tinyurl.com/29k7x2z and was thinking about modeling a page based on its layout.  The layout shifts all over the place in IE6 and older while working fine in FF, Opera and even IE7. I'm thinking a couple of lines fix in the CSS might work.  Does anyone have ideas?

[Hollows]

I recently viewed this site: www.tinyurl.com/29k7x2z and was thinking about modeling a page based on its layout.  The layout shifts all over the place in IE6 and older while working fine in FF, Opera and even IE7. I'm thinking a couple of lines fix in the CSS might work.  Does anyone have ideas?

 

You could create a new style sheet with the fixes you need, then just use

<!--[if IE 6]>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://YOUR WEBSITE URL/CSS FOLDER/ie6_only.css"  type="text/css" media="screen" />

<![endif]-->

AFTER your global style sheet, that way IE7+ and other browsers will read the original and IE6 will go on the ie6 sheet

 

 

Hope that helps

 

 

[Omirion]

Or just place a TXT on your layout saying "You're browser is 10 years old, change it"

[JasonLewis]

Or just place a TXT on your layout saying "You're browser is 10 years old, change it"

 

I agree, I barely support IE6 anymore because you need way too many hacks just to make something simple work. If it works in IE6 it's a miracle. If they have IE5.5, then kill me now.

[papillonstudios]

i also agree dont worry about IE6 or older. they are way out of date. but what you could do is this.

 

Download and include this file in your site.

http://chrisschuld.com/projects/browser-php-detecting-a-users-browser-from-php/

<?php include('browser.php');?>

 

then put this at the very top of your main page

$browser = new Browser();
if( $browser->getBrowser() == Browser::BROWSER_IE && $browser->getVersion() <=6 ) {
echo 'Please Update your Internet Explorer Browser to the latest version<a href="http://dw.com.com/redir?edId=3&siteId=4&oId=3000-2356_4-10013275&ontId=2356_4&spi=b609b464ecda1d2e1cb6214d6f5a4fbd&lop=link&tag=tdw_dltext&ltype=dl_dlnow&pid=11013991&mfgId=50119&merId=50119&pguid=FIBPyQoPiBYAAFtrF7AAAAA4&destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fclk.atdmt.com%2FMRT%2Fgo%2F213985719%2Fdirect%3Bwi.1%3Bhi.1%2F01%2F" target="_new"> Click here </a>to download it';
}

 

I did this on one of the sites i made.