browser shuts when viewing my blog
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I’ve had several people tell me that when they try to view my blog with Explorer 8, they get a message that “there is a problem with this website and Internet Explorer has closed.” I upgraded to Explorer 8 and sure enough, it does it to me, too. Never had any problems with IE7.
No problems with Safari or Firefox.
http://nailingjello.wordpress.com
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There are some errors in your blog that might be causing this problem. IE is notoriously rigid whereas Firefox and Safari will actually either ignore or temporarily fix some errors it finds on pages.
First step, go to settings > writing and select “WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically” and then click “save changes.”
Now, starting with your latest post, open it in the editor, switch to the HTML tab (let it load completely) then switch back to the visual tab (let it load completely) and then click “update post.” Continue through all the posts showing on your main page.
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I spoke too soon. I am still having long-time readers of my blog emailing me and telling me that IE 8 closes when they come to my blog.
http://nailingjello.wordpress.com/
I’m using the “Neat!” theme.
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If they’re viewing a cached version of your blog, that will continue to happen till they clear out their cache. I had the same problem on a privately-hosted WP blog, too. Sadly, other than emailing back and telling them to log out, clear browser cache and cookies and do a full restart, there’s no way for you to control that.
If they do that, it’ll solve the problem.
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Also tell them to try setting compatibility view on: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/08/27/introducing-compatibility-view.aspx .
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This is frustrating. I’ve been in touch with several long-time readers who have done all of these suggestions, and the next day when they come to my blog, the same thing happens: IE 8 shuts down.
They’re good folks and all have said they’ll switch to Firefox to read my blog. But as we know, many people out there do use Internet Explorer, and I’m sure I’m losing potential new readers. I find it frustrating that WordPress doesn’t seem to be addressing this?
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So after my little rant above, I tried one more thing — I removed the Vodpod video feed on my sidebar. Fingers crossed, this seems to have been the culprit.
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