Slideshows display as static black boxes on Windows machines.
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Slideshows on my blog ( still under construction) display as static black boxes in Internet Explorer 9 (32 bit). What’s weird is that a week ago they displayed fine in IE9. I thought I screwed up my slideshows somehow until I looked at the Sample Slideshow on the WP Slideshow Support page. It also displayed as a static black box. I checked another computer running Firefox and the Slideshows looked fine. I also checked a friend’s computer running IE7. The Slideshow feature worked fine on his machine last week, but is a static black box this week. Has something changed in WordPress in the last few days? (The only changes / updates I’ve done to my computer in the last week are to the definitions in Microsoft Security Essentials.) Thanks in advance for any help or advice.
Blog url: http://backbayblogger.wordpress.com/The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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It’s working just fine for me in IE 9.
Would you please try temporarily disabling all browser add-ons?
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It was working fine for me too – up until yesterday.
I disabled all the browser add-ons. Still no slideshows.
I guess it surprised me that I couldn’t even see the sample slideshow on the support page. -
That seems rather odd, especially since I can see them just fine in IE 9.
Do you have any luck if you temporarily disable all web security software?
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Oh, I just realized that your browser is reporting as IE 7, which means that it’s running in compatibility mode.
When run in compatibility mode, IE 9 renders everything as IE 7 would, so it won’t be compatible with most modern web technology, like JavaScript slideshows.
Try disabling compatibility mode.
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macmanx, you got it!!! I went poking around in the IE toolbar this morning and found wordpress was in the compatibility view. I removed it from compatbility and the slideshows reappeared. Then I came over here to support to report my findings and you had already figured it out. Thank you!!! Case closed.
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