I made a small change to my home WordPress page a couple hours ago, and now there are some random weird CSS issues in IE9 that weren’t there before.
I have used IE’s developer tool to try and figure out what is wrong, but that tool royally sucks compared to firebug, and the problem is only in IE. Also, unfortunately it is hosted on an intranet, so it can’t be seen by anyone outside the firewall.
Here is the most pressing issue:
Text div that used to sit nicely on top of the image div is now acting very strange. See the before and after below, along with the html and css:
Here is the rendered html for that page if you want to take a gander:
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<script type='text/javascript' src='http://121.6.3.287/na_comm_new/wp-content/plugins/easing-slider/js/script.js?ver=1.2'></script>
<link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="http://121.6.3.287/na_comm_new/xmlrpc.php?rsd" />
<link rel="wlwmanifest" type="application/wlwmanifest+xml" href="http://121.6.3.287/na_comm_new/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml" />
<link rel='prev' title='Calendar' href='http://121.6.3.287/na_comm_new/?page_id=2876' />
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.lof-opacity li{width:1000px;height:px;}
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<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery.noConflict();
jQuery(document).ready( function($){
var buttons = { previous:$('#lofslidecontent45 .lof-previous') , next:$('#lofslidecontent45 .lof-next') };
$obj = $('#lofslidecontent45')
.lofJSidernews( { interval : 8000,
easing : 'easeInOutExpo',
duration : 1200,
auto : true,
maxItemDisplay : 10,
startItem:0,
navPosition : 'horizontal', // horizontal
navigatorHeight : 15,
navigatorWidth : 25,
buttons : buttons,
mainWidth:1000} );
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/* Styles by My Calendar - Joseph C Dolson http://www.joedolson.com/ */
.mc-event-visible {
display: block!important;
}
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</style>
<script type='text/javascript'>
jQuery('html').addClass('mcjs');
jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $('html').removeClass('mcjs') });
jQuery.noConflict();
</script>
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<a href="/na_comm_new"><img src="wp-content/themes/twentyeleven-child/images/logo-NAnet3.png"/></a>
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<input type="submit" class="submit" name="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search" />
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<nav id="access" role="navigation">
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<div class="skip-link"><a class="assistive-text" href="#content" title="Skip to primary content">Skip to primary content</a></div>
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<div id="welcome-text">
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<p id="welcome-message-body">Come share your experiences or test a presentation you have prepared with your colleagues.</p>
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<div id="welcome-image">
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<footer id="colophon" role="contentinfo">
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<a class="black-links" href="http://www.google.com"><img src="wp-content/themes/twentyeleven-child/images/NA white logo-small-03.png"></a>
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<script type='text/javascript'>
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
$(".calendar-event").children().not(".event-title").hide();
$(".calendar-event .event-title").live("click",
function(e) {
e.preventDefault(); // remove line if you are using a link in the event title
$(this).parent().children().not(".event-title").toggle();
});
$(".calendar-event .close").live("click",
function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$(this).parent().toggle();
});
});
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
$("li.mc-events").children().not(".event-date").hide();
$("li.current-day").children().show();
$(".event-date").live("click",
function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$(this).parent().children().not(".event-date").toggle();
});
});
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
$(".mini .has-events").children().not(".trigger").hide();
$(".mini .has-events .trigger").live("click",
function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$(this).parent().children().not(".trigger").toggle();
});
$(".mini-event .close").live("click",
function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$(this).parent().parent().parent().toggle();
});
});</script>
</body>
</html>
Here is the css for the messed up elements:
/*-------------home page-------------*/
/*-----------------------------------*/
#welcome-image {
margin-top: -26px;
margin-bottom: -8px;
background-image: url("images/welcome-image6.jpg");
height: 500px;
}
#welcome-text {
padding: 15px;
float: right;
width: 290px;
}
#welcome-message-h1 {
color: #fafafa;
font-size: 24px;
font-weight: 600;
}
.welcome-message-body {
color: #FAFAFA;
font-size: 21px;
font-weight: normal;
}
I don’t know if it is caused by some small error on my part, but I would assume so since all the issues appeared at once.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
For sowmya’s answer:
IE9 is a pretty standard compliant browser. When I’ve found rendering difference it usually means that I’ve hacked my way into some pothole. Try this solution: