Emulating IE7 in IE8 – By defining a Custom Header in Web.Config file

Introduction

In my last blogs, I had demonstrated how one could emulate IE7 in IE8 demonstrated by adding a Http Header in IIS or by adding a Meta tag within the head tag on all the pages of a web application. Now we'll learn how you can emulate IE7 in by defining a Custom Header in Web.Config file.

Method

Site administrators can configure their sites to default to a specific document compatibility mode by defining a Custom Header for the site. The specific process depends on your Web server. For example, by defining a Custom Header in Web.Config file in following manner enables IIS to define a Custom Header that automatically renders all pages in IE7 mode.

Conclusion

If you specify a default document compatibility mode through your Web server, you can override that setting by specifying a different document compatibility mode in a specific Web page. The mode specified within the Web page takes precedence over the mode specified by the server.

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