Northern California - Need help testing a bike touring web page using IE6

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raybo
10-25-08, 09:20 AM
You guys were very nice the last time I needed this done so I'm here asking for your help again.

I created and maintain www.biketouringtips.com, an on-line archive of bike touring information. I've just done a major upgrade of the site and need it tested by someone who uses IE6. I've already tested it on IE7, Firefox, and Safari and it appears to work on all of those, though, it would be great if others checked it out on their set-ups with these browsers, as well.

Here is the current page: www.biketouringtips.com

Here is the new page that needs testing: www.biketouringtips.com/testpage.html

They look exactly alike. The difference that needs testing is what happens when you click on one of the thread titles. On the current page, it will take you to a new tab/window and display the thread. On the new page, it should display the thread's original posting (but not comments) right below the thread's title. Clicking on "Close" or the thread's title should remove the detail and only show the title, again.

To see the entire thread in a new window/tab, you click "View Full Thread." The "Add Comment" link should take you to a login screen.

If some very nice person(s) would be willing to check out the new page and let me know if it is working properly, especially on IE6, I would appreciate it as much as the guy who drove me and my bike the 5 miles up and over Carson Spur from Spring Lake to Kirkwood at the end of a very long day!

Ray


reidconti
10-25-08, 10:07 AM
Sounds like you need VMWare :)

msincredible
10-25-08, 10:10 AM
Did a quick check, looks ok. :thumb:


raybo
10-25-08, 11:14 AM
Sounds like you need VMWare :)

The problem is that you can't have both IE7 and IE6 on the same version of Windows. I'm not sure how VMWare would help.

That said, it would be nice to have several operating systems at one's fingertips.

Ray

reidconti
10-25-08, 08:01 PM
The problem is that you can't have both IE7 and IE6 on the same version of Windows. I'm not sure how VMWare would help.


That's precisely how it would help.. make a VM with another copy of Windows and the 'other' IE. I think to be legit you technically need another licensed copy of Windows. But its possible they're treating virtualized installs differently in the licensing scheme.

UmneyDurak
10-26-08, 01:40 AM
Sorry not touching IE with a ten foot stick. :p