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zevenkamp on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

zevenkamp — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:16:46 +0000

RSS fixed too, this1 can be set to solved I guess...?

zevenkamp on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

zevenkamp — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:54:46 +0000

GREAT, it looks fine again!
Are you also aware of the fact the RSSfeeds are faulty?
This started at about the same time as this problem.
Could somebody please have look, I already (as other I saw) it here:
http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/rssfeed-stopped-working?replies=2#post-942009
Thanks again,
Leo.

macmanx on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

macmanx — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:17:29 +0000

You're welcome!

freeprocurement on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

freeprocurement — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:12:58 +0000

Thanks @macmanx. I tested all areas of my blog that were broken and they all seem fine now :)

meagenda on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

meagenda — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:43:11 +0000

Thanks, macmanx, I just noticed that all seems fixed, for Garland theme, at least.

I'm pleased this has been fixed and that we have not had to wait until Support is open again on July 23rd - I have not been able to raise a support ticket because of the closure.

What I don't understand is why, if this feature is being implemented on a theme by theme basis, it was not tested on IE8 and IE9 and these multiple issues that Garland and some other theme users have been experiencing since last Thursday/Friday sorted before "infinite scrolling" was rolled out for Garland?

Some of us post time sensitive information that requires prompt action from our readers; to have blogs so badly broken at such times could create significant communication problems for us.

macmanx on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

macmanx — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:56:39 +0000

This is all fixed up now, sorry for the trouble!

macmanx on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

macmanx — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 14:54:51 +0000

Yes, we are aware of the problems. We'll have a fix as soon as possible.

freeprocurement on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

freeprocurement — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:35:18 +0000

I don't believe this. How can they close their support office while simultaneously introducing changes to the platform? I've been in the software business for 20 years and that kind of thing just doesn't happen. @timethief, you seem to be in the know...can you confirm whether or not WP Support has been made aware of these problems with the Garland theme and whether or not they’re working on it. If not, perhaps someone can recommend an alternate theme that we can switch to (one that supports the same features as Garland) so that I don’t lose A TON OF CUSTOMERS AND MONEY in the interim?

fisk3 on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

fisk3 — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:58:37 +0000

This got to be an issue that has it's adress to wordpress it self, and is not a usermade problem. In my case it happened suddenly and several days after my last post. And it looks like it has rammed 3 columns themes like Garland and in the same way in all cases.

houstonweaver on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

houstonweaver — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:31:50 +0000

I notice that among the difficulties some of you mention is the sidebar moving to the bottom of the page. As part of your troubleshooting on that one issue, check out this link ... http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2012/05/19/sidebar-at-the-bottom-and-related-issues/. This site is done by one of the volunteers on these forums and is filled with many resources. For some of you posting on this thread, it might solve your problem.

zevenkamp on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

zevenkamp — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 12:07:12 +0000

As some people here are most likely only following this thread here's what I did in a meantime...
Used the beginning of my left column first to apologize, and hinted my viewers to start using FF and/or Chrome.
Just my 2 cents...

zevenkamp on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

zevenkamp — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 11:29:55 +0000

I don't believe what I'm reading here...
So the next best thing todo is add data to my left column to tell my readers to download Chrome or FF if they want to keep on reading the Blog.
And hopefully after the 23th somebody will pick this up, which they should have done earlier, unbelievable...

fisk3 on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

fisk3 — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:17:52 +0000

Thanks for reply meagenda.
Closed? How can they just close support for many days? That seems hopeless to me and won't improve the support experience.

Most of my readers use IE and because of the complexity of my blog it is more or less hopeless for me to write more posts as it is now. And I don't want to go away from Garland if they can fix the problems. Of course I can use Firefox or Chrome, but I can't ask my readers to do the same just for reading my blog.

I have tried with 4 pc's with IE, but it's the same mess on all 4. I'll hope they can fix it when they come back. But after many years with blogging I'm tired of bad stability.

meagenda on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

meagenda — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 09:52:22 +0000

I've just tried to submit a Support ticket but Support appears to be closed until Monday July 23rd - that's 9 days.

"Support is closed at the moment whilst your friendly team of Happiness Engineers congregate to improve the WordPress.com support experience. We will reopen on Monday morning, July 23rd."

As this has been an issue since at least Thursday/Friday for Garland users and for at least some users of at least one other template, I imagine Support is already aware.

fisk3, yes, in IE8 the black admin access bar at the top of the site is screwed up too, as well as the right side widget column but I can still get into my management pages via the Meta link (though it is now right down the bottom of the left side widget column).

If you don't have the Meta Admin link as a widget, I suggest adding Meta to either the left or right side widget column (though it will display on the left due to this problem) and then at least you can access your admin pages.

Alternatively, it doesn't take long to download Chrome, if you don't like Firefox, and you can keep both browsers open at once; then dump Chrome when the issue has been fixed.

And I do hope it can be fixed, because as I've said above, I prefer to compose/edit in IE8 because the RT editor has some glitches with Firefox.

fisk3 on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

fisk3 — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 08:49:42 +0000

Same problem here with Garland and IE8 and 9, everything is messed up and no right colum, all is now on the left side and the bar over the blog with shortcuts is just a mess. I have to go in to wordpress main site even to go to my dashboard.

http://torvidle.com/

meagenda on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

meagenda — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 06:45:42 +0000

I'm using a Custom Design custom font for the site title and the site title isn't always loading in IE8, unless one reloads the page, in addition to this widget display issue.

kristianvoldheim on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

kristianvoldheim — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:47:05 +0000

I had a similar problem with the NISHITA theme as mentioned above. I did'nt do any changes to my blog, but the problem was suddenly solved. I personally think there was a bug in the theme I use, and someone fixed it. Maybe that's the case with the Garland theme also.

Hopefully, any problem with the Garland theme will be solved soon also!

freeprocurement on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

freeprocurement — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:40:21 +0000

@meagenda - I also disabled infinite scrolling and, like you, my right-hand widgets are still showing at the bottom-left. So no, I don't think you're missing anything...this is definitely a bug in WordPress when using Garland.

meagenda on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

meagenda — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:03:38 +0000

I use all three - IE8, FF12 and Chrome. But I prefer to compose and edit posts in IE8 because in FF12, some functions of the RT editor are glitchy. I find it hard to get a double space between paras to "stick" in FF; pasted in links won't go active in FF on my laptop running XP Home with SP2 unless coded for in html mode.

zevenkamp on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

zevenkamp — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:23:27 +0000

@meagenda Thnx, and yes, it is now, I had to force Verdana and 10pt to all the text in the sticky though, otherwise it was set to 11 or 12, don't remember, and definitly not Verdana.
It MUST be in the theme....
Although I don't ever use IE 8 or 9 and been using Chrome since I don't remember, it's a b*tch for my audience, you use IE by far, this will cost me...:(

meagenda on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

meagenda — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:09:16 +0000

@ zevenkamp

Your blog is also broken in IE8 as mine is but displays OK in FF v 12.

timethief on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

timethief — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:07:14 +0000

I apologize for the typos. I'm visually challenged and I forgot to spellcheck. :(

timethief on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

timethief — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:06:32 +0000

@meagenda
Please nite that Staff began implementing infinite scrol in February and did annouce infinite scroll belatedly here > http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/to-infinity-and-beyond/

meagenda on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

meagenda — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:05:29 +0000

@ zevencamp

I have disabled "Scroll Infinitely", thanks, and the transparent box has been replaced with a button for "Load more posts" - which is better for me and my readers.

But in IE8, right hand widgets are still displaying in left column at foot of page - so blogs are still broken in IE8 (I can't be certain, but if this change was implemented last night for Garland template it is possibly why this template is now broken in IE8, though could be a separate issue).

I will work through timethief's blog post in case there is something else I need to do to fix the Garland from breaking in IE8.

timethief on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

timethief — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:04:38 +0000

@kristianvoldheim
Staff frequently fix technical issues behind the scenes without posting into threads. Perhaps that explains the change for you. I don't have IE9 so I can't confirm. Hopefully the others who do have it will.

kristianvoldheim on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

kristianvoldheim — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:55:32 +0000

Well, at 21:40 Friday 13/7 local Norwegian time the NISHITA theme seems to be working okay with Internet Explorer again. Has “someone” done “something” that solved the problem?

Can anyone else confirm this to be okay?

meagenda on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

meagenda — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:44:33 +0000

I am paying for the Custom Design upgrade for two blogs and I would have appreciated an email alert from WP about these changes and how to turn off.

zevenkamp on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

zevenkamp — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:34:29 +0000

Thanks for all those that acknowledge that I'm not the 'fool' here ;)
@meagenda This footer you talk about can be turned off, just read about this yesterday, so there's not so much I know about it.
But you can turn this off (I have the free Garland, and also see/had it) and now comes the akward part, because I use Dutch in WordPress;
Goto settings? where can set setting for wirte and read etc, goto read, there's the Scroll Infinitely setting.
Now you don't have the transparent footer thingie, at least I don't anymore, and you don't get continious loading sets of articles when you reacht the end.
After this, the footer is there more-a-less but it looks/acts better.

No Garlanders here that use a Sticky? I've had problems before with garland that the Sticky wasn't acting to colour settings, ie the header, no it appears to not follow lettertype and size, anybody?

timethief on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

timethief — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:29:53 +0000

I forgot to add this sentence at the beginning of the second paragraph above: "The transparent theme credits footer pop-up appears when infinite scroll is enabled on a theme."

timethief on "problems with viewing blog in internet explorer"

timethief — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:27:17 +0000

@meagenda
Staff have been introducing “infinite scroll" to themes since February — a site wide change that will be applied to all themes that are suitable for the implementation. They implementation is bain done in order of theme popularity. http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/to-infinity?replies=137

Disabling the infinite scroll feature results in a "Load More Posts" tab, and you can't disable that "Load More Posts" tab from appearing and have "previous post" and "next post" links, without the Custom Design upgrade. http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/