Hello
I've recently upgrade my forum from RC2 to RC3 and have had some complaints since I did so.
Mainly IE ( 8 ) users that get blank pages (page cannot be displayed) and can't start new topics.
One of my uses things it might be a cookie issue?
I'm using Firefox and have only had some blank (pages) every once in a while...
Any idea what might cause this?
The forum is located over at http://www.vespaclubleuven.be/forum
Well have just spent a few minutes wandering round your forum with no problems using IE8. All pages loaded and very quickly too with the exception of the home page where the shoutbox took a while to load. That makes a lot of calls server side and may be the cause if your members have slow connections.
The only other problem I could see is your Help file is pretty much blank. This may be due to the language file not being up to date.
Check the Error log for missing files.
Language files have been updated.
Here is a screenshot of the error a user gets.
He doesn't have the error with Chrome
He deleted his temp files and cookies
(http://www.vespaclubleuven.be/promo/error.jpg)
Maybe it's server related? I just find it strange that this started to happen right after I upgraded to RC3...
I also notice that SSI.PHP in /sources is still v.RC2, and that there isn't an SSI.PHP in the RC3 download?
Maybe that's the problem. SSI.php should be in the forum root folder not sources and it definitely does get upgraded in SP3.
/**********************************************************************************
* SSI.php *
***********************************************************************************
* SMF: Simple Machines Forum *
* Open-Source Project Inspired by Zef Hemel ([email protected]) *
* =============================================================================== *
* Software Version: SMF 2.0 RC3 *
* Software by: Simple Machines (http://www.simplemachines.org) *
* Copyright 2006-2010 by: Simple Machines LLC (http://www.simplemachines.org) *
* 2001-2006 by: Lewis Media (http://www.lewismedia.com) *
* Support, News, Updates at: http://www.simplemachines.org
Try uploading the one from the upgrade pack straight to the forum root and then renaming the one in sources to SSI.php.old
That way you can restore it if needed.
there allready was a ssi file in the main folder, I've overwritten it just in case and renamed the one in the sources folder.
The one.com hosting panel is down at the moment, so it might be server related ... I'll wait and see when I get a reply on my ticket.
Keep the tips comin in the meanwhile and thanks for all the help so far!
You could suggest that the IE8 users use Compatability Mode, this sometimes helps with certain sites.
I could suggest not to use IE at all as there are plenty good free alternatives ;)
But some people are stubborn...
I tested IE8 at work, no issues here, very very strange ...
It seems to have issues in Vista, not in Win2k
Well I'm on Xp here and in IE8 without compatibility mode, it shows the problem so it's not an OS thing. Btw you can't get IE8 for Win2K can you? IE8 is a very different beast to IE6 & 7, so that may be what's working on Win2K?
If you look at the core code of SMF you'll see all the fixes the dev's had to put in to overcome IE's poor rendering ability.
I think you're right
And the <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" /> fix doesn't work anymore right?
I guess i'll have to get those stubborn people to push that button :D