Fixing Compatibility problems for IE6 and IE 7

Had a client today who gave me this task to fix some issues on CSS in IE6 an IE7.

Here is how I go with the Fixing of compatibility problems for IE6 and IE 7:

1. The * HTML tag or something
- i learned from my friend google that * HTML can be used to apply fix css codes to IE 6 and 7 as it will be ignored in modern browsers.

Sample code:
#feedbacktop {
/*background:url("#") no-repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;*/
min-height:225px;
margin-top:15px;
margin-left:0px;
margin-bottom:10px;
}

/* convert min height values for IE6*/
* html #feedbacktop {
background:url(#);
height:225px;
margin-top:15px;
margin-left:25px;
margin-right:25px;
width:350px;}

2. Conditional Comments - havent tried it though..LOL...


Or for IE7:



I have tried the first one and it worked really great for me.

Running Multiple Instances of Yahoo Messenger in one PC

Simply launch the registry editor (type regedit at Run command), and navigate to the following registry branch:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\yahoo\pager\Test

Then, on the right pane, right click on the registry editor and select “New”, then create a new DWORD registry value. Name the new registry key as Plural, and assign it the value of 1 (decimal). If some case, the value of 2 should also works. To disable or disallow multiple instance of Yahoo Messengers, simply change and set the “Plural” registry key’s value to 0, or delete the “Plural” key.

Add Digg It Button to Blogger Post

I found this interesting article here... and it might be of help....

Add digg button to Blogger

How to view banned ImageShack images!!

Mozilla, Firefox, Netscape Users:

1) Open the URL about:config.

2) Scroll down to network.http.sendRefererHeader.

3) Set value to 0.

OR

1) Browse to

http://www.stardrifter.org/refcontrol/2) Download the RefControl extension

3) Restart Firefox in order to install the extension

4) Go to "Tools" and select "RefControl Options..."

5) Click on "add site" and insert imageshack.us

6) Choose "Block - send no refferer"

note: If you still can't see the images, clear your Firefox cache:

1) Go to "Tools"

2) Select "Options"

3) Click on "Privacy"

4) Click on "Cache"

5) Press "Clear Cache Now"

Opera Users:

1) Go to "Tools"

2) Select "Quick Preferences"

3) Untick the "Enable refer logging" option

OR

1) Press F12

2) Untick the "Enable refer logging" option

Internet Explorer Users:

1) Go to:

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

2) Download FireFox

3) Install FireFox

4) Follow FireFox instructions above

Images Not showing in IE

I was working for a client's website. Everything was working fine, when suddenly my client complained for images not showing.

I check the site in Firefox, Chrome, it was fine. Then I checked on Internet Explorer (IE). I was a nightmare. Images weren't showing in IE. Oh com'on. How come this is happening. I search google. Checked my html. Reviewed about doctype. Nothing to be of much help.

Then, i found a very simple advice: "Change the settings of your images from CMYK to RGB, and it will be sorted".

To my amazement, it worked. Woooohhh... How I hate IE...

How to Add html codes in your blogger/blogspot posts

When I was writing a post which should contain html code, I was stunned that its not that easy.

Calling my friend google, I found this simple site that could you in your problem - http://www.simplebits.com/cgi-bin/simplecode.pl

Just paste your html code, process and then paste the result into your post.... and it should work like a charm...

That's it....

Problem with tables in Wordpress posts

I was working on a wordpress site lately (http://www.explorebohol.com). Everything worked fine, I viewed the site in Chrome and firefox, they were perfect. I was happy, until I viewed the pages with tables in it in Internet Explorer. Bang! There you go the problem...

The tables aren't displaying the way it was supposed to be. One line per word. (OMG!!!) I keep bubbling to myself, what the hell is wrong with IE. Instead of cursing Microsoft, I just googled my problem and found a lot of similar cases...

The solution to the problem with tables in wordpress, well its simple.


<td width="30%" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffcccc"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">Content Here</span></td>



I simply wrapped the content inside a span and put a no-wrap option. It worked. And about the width also, px wont work, so I have to express the width in percent.

Thats it....