IE6 Sidebar issue

suddensway
March 19, 2011 at 10:10 am #712

Hi there

For the 3 or 4% of people who still insist on using Internet Explorer 6, can you please suggest a fix for this excellent theme which is pushing the right hand sidebar down below the main content in IE6 only? See http://www.blockpavingsurrey.co.uk

Many thanks in advance

Kevin

Admin

Syahir Hakim
March 20, 2011 at 7:49 pm #13336

Sorry, IE6 is no longer supported by the theme. It takes a lot of effort to support IE6, and I mean a lot. It’s just not worth the effort.

We should all be encouraging people to upgrade their browsers instead of supporting obsolete browsers.

suddensway
March 21, 2011 at 1:14 pm #13337

Thanks for the response Syahir. I completely understand and agree with your point about old browsers and wish that IE6 users could somehow be forced to upgrade! but the fact remains that a significant minority will still not be able to view my site properly.

On non WordPress sites in the past I have used conditional comments for ie6. Can you give me a few pointers on how this could be integrated into the Graphene theme so that I could experiment with resolving the issue myself using css.

many thanks

Kevin
Admin
Syahir Hakim
March 31, 2011 at 2:17 am #13338
You can add this code in your child theme’s functions.php file:
```
function graphene_ie_css(){ ?>



<?php

}

add_action('wp_head', 'graphene_ie_css');
```
Then create an ie6.css file in your child theme’s folder and put all IE6-specific CSS inside that file.
suddensway
April 7, 2011 at 6:53 am #13339
Hi Syahir

Thank you for your help – I have followed your instructions as I understand them but cannot seem to get the conditional css to have an effect. This is what I did…

1 – Created a folder called graphene_child in the themes folder

2 – Uploaded to that folder a file called functions.php file consisting of:
```
<?php

function graphene_ie_css(){ ?>



<?php

}

add_action('wp_head', 'graphene_ie_css');

?>
```
3 – Uploaded to the folder a css file called ie6.css and added some random css code as a test

The css had no effect in ie6 nor did the source code appear to have any record of my conditional tag being added.

Am I doing something wrong? …Probably!!

many thanks in advance for your help.

Kevin
Admin

Syahir Hakim
August 4, 2011 at 1:45 am #13340

I have just completed a commissioned work to make the theme compatible with IE6, and the client is kind enough to let me redistribute the work any way I want. It was implemented using a child theme and is meant for version 1.4.1. Let me know if anyone’s interested in getting it.

mcEoghan
August 31, 2011 at 3:36 pm #13341

Hello Syahir, I am currently using your theme on a website:

http://www.stillwaterscenter.org

Overall the theme has served us very well!

Thank you!

I too am running into the same issue with the sidebar1(right side) issue on IE6. As well as that, the bottom area of the page is cut off. The current installation I have of Graphene is 1.3. If you are able to share with me the IE6 compatibilty code I would be very grateful. 🙂

Once again,

Thank you so much. The theme is excellent.

Eoghan

Admin

Syahir Hakim
September 3, 2011 at 1:36 pm #13342

I’d be glad to share it, but I don’t think it will work for your site, as it is very heavily customised.

mcEoghan
September 6, 2011 at 1:42 pm #13343

Yes please. eoghan [at] walzak . com

Thanks again