Lanny Dean
EF5
After a very long and painful phone call with my website hosting company, it appears that there are some major issues with the new IE 8.
I know many of us have our own weather websites and even blog sites so I felt compelled to post this info with the hopes and recommendations that no one upgrade to Internet Explorer 8. This also includes those that do not have a website as well.
I recieved a phone call this evening from a client informing me that my website was "jacked" and after inspection I realized it was messed up really bad. I attempted to fix this myself a few times by shifting text and or code and then by trying to re-write the code for a few options... all to no avail.
At that point I decided to contact my hosting company and as I mentioned above, after a long and painful conversation and realizing that I had upgraded both the desktop and laptop to IE 8 we finally found the problem.
It appears that with the new Microsoft IE update there are many many issues with HTML code parameters. This includes Dreamweaver, Frontpage as well as many of the parameters used by some of the other hosting companies such as GoDaddy, Website Tonight and many other smaller type hosting companies using that type of HTML editors and parameters.
I understand that the new IE8 was built for security due to the issues with IE6 and with the new update Microsoft is holding steady regarding their proprietary software and or ALL HTML coding or parameters....in other words they are not willing to help figure out what issues and fixes need to be addressed for ANY WEB HOSTING COMPANY per Microsoft.
For those that do have hosting companies such as GoDaddy or the like,
you WILL HAVE ISSUES....even if you yourself do not make the upgrade,
people that have upgraded and who are trying to view your website will also have HTML issues.
This could/would cause issues such as pictures or video misplaced, "running text", video not displayed or not playing, missing text, incorrect alignment and many other issues.
Currently via Microsoft and my hosting company there is no fix....understanding that I could roll back my version of Internet Explorer or even go with another browser, this does not help for those that have already upgraded and try to view a webpage that might have those type of parameters.
Might be a good idea to check with your hosting company especially if they have or offer those types of HTML editors and simple code writers.
I know many of us have our own weather websites and even blog sites so I felt compelled to post this info with the hopes and recommendations that no one upgrade to Internet Explorer 8. This also includes those that do not have a website as well.
I recieved a phone call this evening from a client informing me that my website was "jacked" and after inspection I realized it was messed up really bad. I attempted to fix this myself a few times by shifting text and or code and then by trying to re-write the code for a few options... all to no avail.
At that point I decided to contact my hosting company and as I mentioned above, after a long and painful conversation and realizing that I had upgraded both the desktop and laptop to IE 8 we finally found the problem.
It appears that with the new Microsoft IE update there are many many issues with HTML code parameters. This includes Dreamweaver, Frontpage as well as many of the parameters used by some of the other hosting companies such as GoDaddy, Website Tonight and many other smaller type hosting companies using that type of HTML editors and parameters.
I understand that the new IE8 was built for security due to the issues with IE6 and with the new update Microsoft is holding steady regarding their proprietary software and or ALL HTML coding or parameters....in other words they are not willing to help figure out what issues and fixes need to be addressed for ANY WEB HOSTING COMPANY per Microsoft.
For those that do have hosting companies such as GoDaddy or the like,
you WILL HAVE ISSUES....even if you yourself do not make the upgrade,
people that have upgraded and who are trying to view your website will also have HTML issues.
This could/would cause issues such as pictures or video misplaced, "running text", video not displayed or not playing, missing text, incorrect alignment and many other issues.
Currently via Microsoft and my hosting company there is no fix....understanding that I could roll back my version of Internet Explorer or even go with another browser, this does not help for those that have already upgraded and try to view a webpage that might have those type of parameters.
Might be a good idea to check with your hosting company especially if they have or offer those types of HTML editors and simple code writers.