IE7 showing old site?

[babrees]

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OK, this is so so weird. I use FireFox. I have just redone the templates for a site, making subtle, but obvious, changes, including removing categories. All looks correct in FireFox. I check it with IE7 - front page is ok, just needs a minor adjustment to fit the search button on the same line as the box.

However, when I click on resources in the menu in IE7 I get the old layout and categories, but gone haywire!

Site is: Ideal Christmas Gift

I have cleared my cache and everything else I can think of.

I looked at the source from IE7 and it is the old template. Looked at the source in Firefox and it is the new template.

I removed something from the home page and uploaded it. Cleared my cache, history, cookies. Firefox shows the newly uploaded page, IE7 still shows the old one.

Any ideas????

[ian]

Have you checked the server logs to see what each user client is pulling from the server?

[babrees]

Thanks Ian - How do I do that?

[ian]

Depends on your host, but at a guess you'll be putting your html files into a www or htdocs type directory, and the logfiles should be in a logfiles type directory on the same level.

Visit the pages in Firefox and IE7, open up today's log file, scroll to the bottom of the page, look for your ip address near the start of the line and see which files are being served up to each browser, which should be somewhere on each line of the server log.

[babrees]

Thanks. TBH I don't really know what I'm looking at!!

I guess this is what I have when looking with IE, although it still has Mozilla in there.

- - [08/May/2009:10:33:27 +0100] "GET /resources/ HTTP/1.1" 200 27655 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
- - [08/May/2009:10:33:27 +0100] "GET /javascriptheader.php HTTP/1.1" 200 11113 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
- - [08/May/2009:10:33:28 +0100] "GET /templates/styles/default.css HTTP/1.1" 200 14962 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
- - [08/May/2009:10:33:28 +0100] "GET /myscripts/javascriptextra.js HTTP/1.1" 200 3744 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
- - [08/May/2009:10:33:28 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/bglogo.jpg HTTP/1.1" 404 - "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
- - [08/May/2009:10:33:28 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/bg.jpg HTTP/1.1" 200 387 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
- - [08/May/2009:10:33:28 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/folder.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 688 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
- - [08/May/2009:10:33:28 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/linktools_details.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 93 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
- - [08/May/2009:10:33:28 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/bgheader.jpg HTTP/1.1" 200 19113 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
- - [08/May/2009:10:33:28 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/linktools_rate.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 338 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
- - [08/May/2009:10:33:28 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/linktools_report.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 131 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
- - [08/May/2009:10:33:28 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/linktools_comments.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 296 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
- - [08/May/2009:10:33:28 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/icon_submit.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 87 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
- - [08/May/2009:10:33:28 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/icon_info.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 169 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
- - [08/May/2009:10:33:28 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/ajaxstar.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 1558 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
- - [08/May/2009:10:33:28 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/bgrightside.png HTTP/1.1" 200 42215 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
- - [08/May/2009:10:33:29 +0100] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 200 1118 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"

and I guess this is when I view with FireFox

- - [08/May/2009:10:32:34 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/rssfeed.png HTTP/1.1" 200 3341 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10"
- - [08/May/2009:10:32:34 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/spacer.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 43 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10"
- - [08/May/2009:10:32:34 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/linktools_rate.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 338 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10"
- - [08/May/2009:10:32:34 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/edit.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 391 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10"
- - [08/May/2009:10:32:34 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/linktools_report.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 131 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10"
- - [08/May/2009:10:32:34 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/folder.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 688 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10"
- - [08/May/2009:10:32:34 +0100] "GET /cgi-bin/books.pl?script&asinsearch=mylist:2&grid=c:1,r:1,p,b,u HTTP/1.1" 200 983 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10"
- - [08/May/2009:10:32:34 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/linktools_details.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 93 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10"
- - [08/May/2009:10:32:34 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/linktools_emaillink.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 94 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10"
- - [08/May/2009:10:32:34 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/linktools_save.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 104 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10"
- - [08/May/2009:10:32:34 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/linktools_submitter.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 924 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10"
- - [08/May/2009:10:32:34 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/linktools_comments.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 296 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10"
- - [08/May/2009:10:32:34 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/icon_submit.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 87 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10"
- - [08/May/2009:10:32:34 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/bullet.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 531 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10"
- - [08/May/2009:10:32:34 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/icon_info.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 169 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10"
- - [08/May/2009:10:32:34 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/icon_mod.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 131 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10"
- - [08/May/2009:10:32:34 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/ajaxstar.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 1558 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/templates/styles/default.css" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10"
- - [08/May/2009:10:32:34 +0100] "GET /templates/images_default/bgrightside.png HTTP/1.1" 200 42215 "http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/templates/styles/default.css" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10"
- - [08/May/2009:10:32:35 +0100] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 200 1118 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10"

[babrees]

If anybody could have a look and tell me what they see using IE7 I would be grateful.

http://www.idealchristmasgift.co.uk/resources/

If you see "Categories" on the left then that is the old layout, which I have deleted.

If you see "Navigation" then that is my latest upload and it should be displaying correctly.

[ep90]

I see "Categories" and I'm using firefox

[ep90]

Also "Categories" in IE7

[babrees]

I see "Categories" and I'm using firefox

[bangs head on wall and screams]

ok, I shall back up my database, delete every single file and then reupload. HOPEFULLY that may clear this silly frustrating hiccup.

That's all I can think of - it is really weird

[edit] All I can say is thank doG Christmas is still a fair while away <G>

[Andrew Starr]

all I can think of is you've accidently uploaded the new files to the wrong directory.

I did this once and could not for the life of me figure out what as wrong, much head scratching later and I eventually saw what I had done

[babrees]

all I can think of is you've accidently uploaded the new files to the wrong directory.

I did this once and could not for the life of me figure out what as wrong, much head scratching later and I eventually saw what I had done

Nope - that's not it either. It's a script I use on just about all my sites. I deleted the templates folder and then uploaded then new ones. But even if I had uploaded it wrongly, that doesn't account for the fact that I can see it ok in Firefox, although it seems that some here can't. But the home page is correctly displayed in both IE and FF (well for me anyway). As it's a script both pages use the same wrapper template

weird

[ian]

try adding a new page resources2.html and see how they look in ie and firefox. that should avoid any possible caching issues for the main file.

[babrees]

try adding a new page resources2.html and see how they look in ie and firefox. that should avoid any possible caching issues for the main file.

Thanks, but the site is on a script so it's not a case of just reuploading a file. I just tried again on IE7 but now the site won't even load!! Although no problem in Firefox.

[babrees]

Thanks everybody - I've got it working! No idea what the prob was, but I uploaded yet again (at least the 3rd time!) and now it's ok! weird. Oh well, now I've just got to get it ready in time for Christmas!

[aaclapham]

Looks ok to me - i'm using ie8 :tup