[Chameleon] Certain tools not functioning in IE (6.0)

Jennifer Zeisloft jzeisloft at gmail.com
Tue Aug 23 17:33:16 EDT 2005


Jay,

It must have been something on my end - clearing the caches didn't work, but 
once I cleared the caches and rebooted, everything seems to be working as it 
should. Thank you so much for your help!!

Jennifer

On 8/23/05, Jason Fournier <jfournier at dmsolutions.ca> wrote:
> 
> Jennifer,
> 
> When I run
> http://maps.aqua.wisc.edu/CoastalHazards/HazardsTemplate.phtml in IE 6
> and Firefox 1.04 I don't get any errors. I have cleared my cache in
> both browsers just to be sure. All popups seem to work and I get the
> hover states of each nav button.
> 
> Can you be more specific about the errors being reported? IE will at
> least report a line number.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jay
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Jennifer Zeisloft wrote:
> > I removed those lines and tested the application, which has the same
> > problems (but fewer errors being reported?). I ran the source code for
> > the page through the javascript console in firefox (which I'm not even
> > sure is how you would use it) and the only error it comes up with now is
> > a syntax error at the beginning of the code. I'm not sure if this is
> > helpful.
> >
> > Jennifer
> >
> > On 8/23/05, *Jason Fournier* <jfournier at dmsolutions.ca
> > <mailto:jfournier at dmsolutions.ca>> wrote:
> >
> > Next thing to do is remove the following lines from HazardsLayerVis.js:
> >
> > var oLayer2 = CWCDHTML_GetLayer( 'MapTipsLayer' );
> > oLayer2.left = 160 + layerWidth;
> >
> > These lines are causing js errors (which are cascading) because we took
> > out the layer (presumably MapTipsLayer hasn't been created yet).
> >
> > I wish I could instruct you on using the Java Debugger but I'm not very
> > proficient with it either. I rely on the Javascript Console (simple
> > error reporter) in firefox and Microsoft's Script Debugger for IE. Even
> > those they're not nearly as comprehensive they're much easier to use (at
> > least for me).
> >
> > Jay
> >
> >
> >
> > Jennifer Zeisloft wrote:
> > > Jay,
> > >
> > > Removing the MapTipsLayer div both made the key map appear in IE and
> > > fixed the non-popup type buttons. A step in the right direction -
> > > thanks! However, still none of the buttons that cause pop-up
> > windows to
> > > appear are doing so (in firefox or IE). I've checked to make
> > sure the
> > > pop-up blockers weren't the issue (they aren't).
> > >
> > > Jacob Delfos mentioned that I should report errors from the java
> > console
> > > in firefox and from the php log. Unfortunately, I'm not a whiz
> > at this
> > > kind of thing and can't get the java console to do anything (does it
> > > generate errors automatically without any action from me? If so,
> > there
> > > are none.) and I spent a long while trying, first, to find a php log
> > > and, second, to create a script that would generate one (which I
> > found
> > > in a post to the list). I never got this to work. I have
> > checked the
> > > server logs, but don't see anything helpful there.
> > >
> > > Thanks again for your help - it is really appreciated!
> > >
> > > Jennifer
> > >
> > > On 8/23/05, *Jason Fournier* < jfournier at dmsolutions.ca
> > <mailto:jfournier at dmsolutions.ca>
> > > <mailto:jfournier at dmsolutions.ca
> > <mailto:jfournier at dmsolutions.ca>>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Jennifer,
> > >
> > > Try removing the MapTipsLayer div in the template. MapTips now
> > > generates its own Layer when it parses.
> > >
> > > Does this either a) fix the application or b) generate new
> > behaviour?
> > >
> > > Jay
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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