726871 - [Firefox Live 2] : IE 8 with Flash still has errors and most content doesn't load

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Websites :: Other, defect)

Description

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Attachment: Screenshot

Webpage error details

User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Timestamp: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:23:02 UTC


Message: HTML Parsing Error: Unable to modify the parent container element before the child element is closed (KB927917)
Line: 0
Char: 0
Code: 0
URI: http://www-dev.allizom.org/en-US/firefoxlive/

Comment 1

[Christie Koehler [:ckoehler]]

Craig, do you have a bit of time to look at this?

Comment 2

[Craig Cook (:craigcook)]

There's a div with the id "videoplayer" that the script rewrites to embed the flash object, but the script that does the writing is actually inside that div, and evidently IE doesn't like it when scripts try to rewrite their parents before they're complete. I think just moving the script out of that div should do it.

I can't seem to get my Windows VM to connect to my local install of mozilla.com, something I've misconfigured somewhere I'm sure. But moving the script works locally otherwise, I just can't check IE yet to be sure. I've committed r101749 and I can test IE when it's on stage. Livin' on the edge!

Comment 3

[Craig Cook (:craigcook)]

Indeed moving the script out of the div seems to have done it. The page works for me in IE8.

Comment 4

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

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Comment 5

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Verified FIXED; thanks, Craig!