Server migration yesterday

[Bieneke]

I just searched the internet and found out that it is a known bug in IE8. There is a patch for phpbb (which was already implemented on the pre-server migration forum), but it does not seem to solve the problem for me (but why did that patch work before? ). The patch makes IE8 display the page in an IE7 compatible view. You can also do that manually by going to Tools > Compatability View Settings in IE8. Add 'dutchgrammar.com' to the list. That is why I did, but the scrollbar still jumps to the top when I reach the bottom of the message. Somehow, IE8 does not like posts that contain 100 lines or more.

I have tried all sorts of suggestions that I found on the internet, but none of them worked. I am now going to update IE8 (I noticed a compatibility update) and see what happens.

Current PHP version is 6, so you should better start doing your homeworks now...

I had the same problem (php4 to 5) back in 2005!

I am already looking forward to all the homework. Until there is a stable release for php6, I prefer php5.

Maybe it would have been better to upgrade the forum software first and then do the migration...

That is what I did, and that is what puzzles me; I haven't changed anything in the forum software.

[JazzedPotato]

That must be so annoying! I just tested it again on Vista/IE8, and this time, the same thing happened. If you move your mouse out of the text field (even without clicking anywhere), the cursor automatically jumps back to the beginning of the post. I will dig into the files to see what code is responsible for that. I have no idea why the cursor/scrollbar suddenly started behaving that way.

In the meantime, just try to keep your mouse in the text field when you are navigating through the post.

Yes actually I had been doing that in the end, just using the up/down arrows, and with some persistence it works eventually..

Thanx Bieneke I will wait for updates on this in future, if you can find the culprit.

I just searched the internet and found out that it is a known bug in IE8. There is a patch for phpbb (which was already implemented on the pre-server migration forum), but it does not seem to solve the problem for me (but why did that patch work before? ). The patch makes IE8 display the page in an IE7 compatible view. You can also do that manually by going to Tools > Compatability View Settings in IE8. Add 'dutchgrammar.com' to the list. That is why I did, but the scrollbar still jumps to the top when I reach the bottom of the message. Somehow, IE8 does not like posts that contain 100 lines or more.

I have tried all sorts of suggestions that I found on the internet, but none of them worked. I am now going to update IE8 (I noticed a compatibility update) and see what happens.

Yes it seems to be partial to brevity..

Ok, let' s see if that helps - hope so!

[DominicCronin]

You can get IE8 to automatically go into IE7-compatibility mode by adding the following to your page header:

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />

Presumably it also works if you send it as an HTTP header.

Obviously, it would be nice to avoid doing this, but it sounds like the bug makes for a fairly unpleasant user experience, so it's worth considering.