I've run into what seems to be yet another Windows Internet Explorer specific problem. I'm using CBB 3.08 on my site for forums. Using IE 8 on Windows OS, if someone clicks on the Main Options menu and chooses one of the options, say New Posts, an incorrect URL is generated. If one views the site in Firefox, the correct URL is generated and the appropriate page is displayed.

My site is running under XOOPS 2.3.3, PHP 5.2.9, mySQL 5.0.81. Because I run a few site for our affiliate clubs on the same server, I have put each in a subfolder. Thus, the path to the main site is www.aka.org/aka/

In Windows IE8 the Main Options/New Posts choice generates the URL:

http://www.aka.org/aka/viewpost.php?type=new

It should be:

http://www.aka.org/aka/modules/newbb/viewall.php?type=new

which is what Firefox produces. Is this a bug in CBB or in Windows? Any way to fix it? You can see this by using Windows IE8 to access www.aka.org then try the Main Options menu. No need to log on.

[Edit] In IE, if I click on the link to the forum index such that the full URL of the full path to the forums is showing in the IE location bar, the Main Options drop down links work.

barryC

Not sure if you solved it. Maybe try this.

No solution yet. I assume you mean putting this


<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />

in theme.html. It did not fix the problem. I'm not sure if the problem is in IE or cbb, but I suspect the forumer as other browsers behave correctly (Firefox and Safari tested on Windows XP.

IE just doesn't seem to be generating the correct string (URL).

I don't know why people keep using IE. I also have problems with my theme in IE because the theme (modified zen-ocean) uses a lot of transparent background, for example in forums.css. In most browsers I see black text on a white background when I mouse over a select field. In IE8 on Windows I see a blank white box. I can only see the text once I highlight it. Maybe I should just put a notice on my site "Best NOT viewed with IE".

barryC