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Do you need to target specific IE browsers using conditional comments?

Here's an example for Internet Explorer 6 but you could use the same technique for other conditional comments.

Create a stylesheet called IE6 but don't link it to any templates. Then put in all those little tweaks that you want, now insert the below code just above the closing head tag into your template(s):
And that's it.

Bob

No need for this. Use this instead is better since it allows you to target more than just IE.

http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.ph ... 827.0.html

@SideshowBob
you may want to read this ... mostly the part about "IE6 and other" conditional commenting...

IE 7 IE 8 FF

http://blog.corbensproducts.com/Blogs/3 ... ments.html

hope this helps
jeremyBass

PS this is not a CMSMS tip or trick 

Thanks Duclet, I actually used your method originally (which is really cool) but some of the css I used caused my page not to validate hence the move to conditional comments.

Jeremy: Thanks for the link, I am aware of the more advanced stuff you can do with conditional comments but that's a good summary.

I'm sorry if you didn't like my tip (or even consider it a tip), I searched the forum and found others asking about conditional comments and I didn't see my solution presented, hence the post.

Bob

Oh I don't think it's a bad tip.. I was just saying it's not a CMSMS trick per-say... and What I was meaning by

IE 7 IE 8 FF

is that targets for not IE6 but includes none IE browsers.... I said that as I normal use both when I filter... but it's not commonly known... just My2Cents

cheers
jeremyBass

What didn't validate?

I'm using background-position-y to help beat IE6 into submission. There's probably another way to do if I could have been bothered to look a little more.

I quite like the idea of conditional comments as they avoid loading extra css that are only needed as IE fixes.

Bob

I like IE conditional comment...useful when one module (for example: Album module) has an option that links to one CSS file (/modules/Album/css/stylesheet.css) and you want to use a seperate CSS file to focus on IE browser.

Look here...http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php/topic,32675.0.html