I don't have the answer to your question, but just out of curiosity, why are you using IE6? And this is not to be funny or anything, I'm actually quite interested in why you are still using that old browser?
I have the same setup but with .NET 4. Content trees are showing up for IE6 when run on the same machine in IETester. The only problems I see are the PNGs don't have transparency and some CSS issues.
"This version of Internet Explorer is widely derided for its security issues and lack of support for modern web standards, making frequent appearances in "worst tech products of all time" lists, with some publications labeling it as the "least secure software on the planet."
I agree wholeheartedly, ie6 is a turd, its a p.i.t.a just testing ie6 from Win7 (IeTester / Win Xp Mode), but as Mike says may large corporates still have it as their default browser. Its the default browser on a new install of XP and I reckon there isn't much chance of seeing the back of it for good until people stop using XP.
With regard running the .net 4 version of Umbraco, I was running the .net 4 version, but I was experiencing weird sporadic issues with the content trees not loading at all. The only cure I could find to bring the content tree back up was by restarting the iis app pool the site was running under, while thats okay in dev, its not ideal in a production environment, so I reverted to .net 3.5.
I've currently reverted to running umbraco 4.5.1 (.net 3.5) and the content tree is loading in ie6, but had some left padding issues on tree items, and transparency issues.
I've implemented a bit of a filthy ie6 css hack to sort the padding issue, and will probably edit the offending transparent images to have a white background.
(I'm looking at you sprites.png)
I'm not at all proud of the css hack, in fact, I feel like I need a wash after implementing it, but if it helps someone out:
insert at line 54 of /umbraco_client/Tree/Themes/umbraco/style.css
.tree-umbraco li div
{
_padding: 1px 3px 1px 15px !important;
}
Jim
Edit...
Upon further investigation, it appears that there is already a ie6 version on the sprites.
sprites_ie6.gif
Does this mean that there is a ie6 style sheet that should be getting loaded in somewhere?
I'm thinking maybe a user agent detection on the server somewhere or a ie conditional statement missing from the markup somewhere?
I've also noticed another ie6 issue, when changing between sections, eg switch to media, then back to content, the tree icons disappear.
You would probably be better off using an older version of Umbraco instead of anything over 4.5. 4.0 might be more condusive. Do you clients even have Javascript turned on. If they are using IE6 most corporations will shut down Javascript, which is what Umbraco uses to update and edit content.
If anything have your clients install Firefox or Chrome. I know their tech people can at least install one of those and they can edit sites through them.
I ended up poking round with the css for the tree to get it working in the end.
I did try some older versions of umbraco. Umbraco 4.0.4.2 appeared to the latest release with good ie6 support.
I received some screen shots from one of our clients showing the rendering problems they were having. They were using a mix of IE6 and BT Yahoo internet browsers. Yuk.
Its the bane of working with large corporates. I'd say at least 25% of the really large companies we work with are still on IE6. Local councils also, a mate only just got upgraded from Win98 to XP a year or so ago.
4.5.2 backend ie6
Sorry it this has been done before, but I'm not getting any content trees loading in ie6 on a fresh install of 4.5.2
I'm running
Hi Jim
I don't have the answer to your question, but just out of curiosity, why are you using IE6? And this is not to be funny or anything, I'm actually quite interested in why you are still using that old browser?
/Kim A
I have the same setup but with .NET 4. Content trees are showing up for IE6 when run on the same machine in IETester. The only problems I see are the PNGs don't have transparency and some CSS issues.
Yeh, don't use IE6
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_6
"This version of Internet Explorer is widely derided for its security issues and lack of support for modern web standards, making frequent appearances in "worst tech products of all time" lists, with some publications labeling it as the "least secure software on the planet."
Our clients tend to be large corporates, who often still have IE6 as their default desktop browser, and users don't have permissions to upgrade it.
Agree it's rubbish, but it is still out there, particularly in that environment.
Mike
Thanks for the replies.
I agree wholeheartedly, ie6 is a turd, its a p.i.t.a just testing ie6 from Win7 (IeTester / Win Xp Mode), but as Mike says may large corporates still have it as their default browser. Its the default browser on a new install of XP and I reckon there isn't much chance of seeing the back of it for good until people stop using XP.
With regard running the .net 4 version of Umbraco, I was running the .net 4 version, but I was experiencing weird sporadic issues with the content trees not loading at all. The only cure I could find to bring the content tree back up was by restarting the iis app pool the site was running under, while thats okay in dev, its not ideal in a production environment, so I reverted to .net 3.5.
I've currently reverted to running umbraco 4.5.1 (.net 3.5) and the content tree is loading in ie6, but had some left padding issues on tree items, and transparency issues.
I've implemented a bit of a filthy ie6 css hack to sort the padding issue, and will probably edit the offending transparent images to have a white background.
(I'm looking at you sprites.png)
I'm not at all proud of the css hack, in fact, I feel like I need a wash after implementing it, but if it helps someone out:
insert at line 54 of /umbraco_client/Tree/Themes/umbraco/style.css
.tree-umbraco li div
{
_padding: 1px 3px 1px 15px !important;
}
Jim
Edit...
Upon further investigation, it appears that there is already a ie6 version on the sprites.
sprites_ie6.gif
Does this mean that there is a ie6 style sheet that should be getting loaded in somewhere?
I'm thinking maybe a user agent detection on the server somewhere or a ie conditional statement missing from the markup somewhere?
I've also noticed another ie6 issue, when changing between sections, eg switch to media, then back to content, the tree icons disappear.
Any idea?
Jim
You would probably be better off using an older version of Umbraco instead of anything over 4.5. 4.0 might be more condusive. Do you clients even have Javascript turned on. If they are using IE6 most corporations will shut down Javascript, which is what Umbraco uses to update and edit content.
If anything have your clients install Firefox or Chrome. I know their tech people can at least install one of those and they can edit sites through them.
Thanks for the reply.
I ended up poking round with the css for the tree to get it working in the end.
I did try some older versions of umbraco. Umbraco 4.0.4.2 appeared to the latest release with good ie6 support.
I received some screen shots from one of our clients showing the rendering problems they were having. They were using a mix of IE6 and BT Yahoo internet browsers. Yuk.
Jim
IE6 is no longer officially tested or supported (or as far as I've ever been away) in Umbraco 4.5.x
Yeah I thought that would be the case. I doubt there will be any BT Yahoo browser support either :P
IE6 is like a time vampire. I reckon the sooner the industry sees the back of it the better.
Yeah and sadly we don't support Netscape Navigator 4 either ;)
Its the bane of working with large corporates. I'd say at least 25% of the really large companies we work with are still on IE6. Local councils also, a mate only just got upgraded from Win98 to XP a year or so ago.
:P
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