fixing ASP.NET website that works in IE6, to work in IE8

Question

Hi,

I need to fix a ASP.NET website that works in IE6, to work in IE8 browser. I added the EmulateIE7 http header to IIS6 as short term fix, but still the pages are not displayed correctly. the web app was initially designed and developed for IE6, now we are upgrading to IE8, so is there any quick fix available for IE6 website to display correctly in IE8? I thought the EmulateIE7 works for both IE7 and previous versions as well, is that not correct?

regards,

Rama

Answer 1

I can't remember exactly what level of CSS IE6 uses. You could maybe try telling IE8 to render the page as IE5 did by using the following META tag in each page:

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=IE5" />

If this is site wide, then add it as an HTTP header in the web server itself.