How Do I Change The 'Document Mode' Of Ie In Web Config for IIS 6?

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How do i change the 'Document Mode' of IE in web config ?
I have developed a website and it works good in my local. But after publishing, when am trying to open the site i could see some misalignment.i checked the document mode using developer tool it is IE7 standards.When i change it in to IE9 there it works as expected.
Also if i unchecked the compatibility view then also it works as expected.
So i want to know the way to do this in web config.

Posted 4-Dec-14 19:37pm

Am Gayathri

Updated 8-Dec-14 0:44am

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Solution 1

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj676913(v=vs.85).aspx[^] try this

Posted 4-Dec-14 19:55pm

satheeshkumar chinnadurai

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Am Gayathri 8-Dec-14 6:44am

Will this work in IIS6?

Deepu S Nair 8-Dec-14 6:53am

gud link.....

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-08T00:57:00

Solution 2

The problem is with IE.
IE decided that intranet sites are best viewed when compatibility mode is on - so whenever IE identifies an internal web site it turns on compatibility mode (yes I know it's evil)...
You can use X-UA-Compatible in two ways...
1. Add to web.config

XML

<configuration>
  <system.webserver>
    <httpprotocol>
      <customheaders>
        <clear />
        <add name="X-UA-Compatible" value="edge" />
      </customheaders>
    </httpprotocol>
  </system.webserver>
</configuration>

2. Add to page (in which case it must be the first meta-line)

HTML

<html>
  <head>
    <meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="edge">
  </meta></head>
</html>

The other option is to turn of IE behavior from the menu Tools->Compatibility View Settings...

Posted 8-Dec-14 0:57am

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

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Am Gayathri 8-Dec-14 7:02am

HiActually i have added the first one already in webconfig. This is working in my local but when i deploy in to IIS6 server it is not working. By default IE document mode is coming as IE7 standards. It doesn't make any changes even if i switch off compatibility mode.

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter 8-Dec-14 7:08am

That because IIS6 can't read that config elements...It has a much complicated way to set those properties and I suggest you use the second options for IIS6 (leave the first in for IIS upgrade)...

Am Gayathri 8-Dec-14 7:16am

So should i add this meta tag in each page or only in master page ?

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter 8-Dec-14 7:21am

Better via master...

Am Gayathri 8-Dec-14 7:32am

In master page, under this <head runat="server"> correct? like
<head runat="server">
<title>My Page</title>
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="head" runat="server">

<link href="CSS/Style.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="edge">
</meta>
</head>

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter 8-Dec-14 7:36am

Almost...That meta line MUST be the first line inside the <head> tag!!!

Am Gayathri 8-Dec-14 7:40am

Thanks

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter 8-Dec-14 7:44am

You are welcome!