Facebook XFBML is not rendering in Internet Explorer 8

Asked 28/5, 2010 at 23:17 Answered 3/1, 2012 at 10:57

Solved javascript facebook internet-explorer-8 xfbml ie-developer-tools

I put up this test page to illustrate this issue: (dead Link)

Every browser I've tested on has worked but in Internet Explorer 8. The odd part is that Internet Explorer 8 doesn't even report an error, WOW, and that is something. So right now I'm stuck with to nothing to work on or debug. What have I overlooked?

Monogamist answered 28/5, 2010 at 23:17 Comment(1)

I notice in the source that the href attribute is in single quotes only for the fb div. Could that be it? – Finsen 3/2, 2011 at 5:54

So somehow the xmlns attribute that I had previously set to the HTML tag was gone, probably me undoing things like crazy.

Here is how it should be if anyone encounters this issue:

<html xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml">

Monogamist answered 28/5, 2010 at 23:44 Comment(2)

thanks a lot! it's not so easy find that trick about the xmlns. – Earthiness 3/2, 2011 at 5:54

Thank you. I pulled my hair on this... Since i work with HTML5 i put it conditionally:  – Magnetics 25/8, 2011 at 9:35

<body>

</script>

<fb:like href="http://www.facebook.com" send="false" layout="button_count" width="500" show_faces="true"></fb:like>

</body>

</html>

Even this is not working in the IE. It is opening a pop up url=http://www.facebook.com/connect/connect_to_external_page_reload.html and that's that. On Debugging I see it is not picking up the xmlns. Same code works fine in FF and Chrome and I am able to see on my facebook wall also but not if I do through IE.

Underbody answered 3/1, 2012 at 10:57 Comment(0)

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