How to Make Your Website Compatible to Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1?

Since we all know Microsoft has released the first public Beta version of IE8 recently but its not showing most of the site properly and have lots of problems with their layout.

Here is a quick way to make your website compatible to IE8 Beta:

Just copy following line and paste it to next of <Head> tag in your Index file:

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" />

Save the file and your site should not have any problem in IE8 Beta.

PS: If the code doesnt work, then manually remove the double -quotes in the above line and re-type them again. The default font of this site doesnt show double-quotes properly.

This article was posted in Browsers, Internet Explorer, Troubleshooting.

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11 Comments

Deyaa Addeen Fahmy Shedeed.

I big your pardon, I need more explation with pictures, if possible.
thanks any way.
VG

^^ Just open your main index file and paste the code after starting < Head > tag and save the file.
Mike Stevens

I will try this on a site that is having these issues...ThanksMike/ezdate123
Dennis

alright i have a website that is fine when its in Firefox but its aLL crooked when i try it with IE!! :s

do you think u can help?

PS: please email me

Regards,
D.
VG

^^ Did you check the website in IE6 or IE7, IE8?
Shellz

Perfect! Thanks for this code!
Bhanu

hi am having a problem with IE8 it works fine in ie7 but not in IE8.

I tried adding the meta tag, but it is not working properly.

PS : please mail me

thanks
bhanu
Alan

since reinstalling myoperating system (vista) all the text in my home page is small and if I print the page the text is so small you can hardly see it any advice anyone
VG

^^ Try to change the desktop resolution from Desktop Properties.
Jim

Looks like IE8 isn't working properly with your site. I've clicked your banners and they don't open a website. Could mean a lot of lost revenue.