Hi

I've just been trying out this module on my web-site. It works as expected for Firefox (nice) but doesn't seem to have any effect when I use the IE7 browser. Should it be compatible with IE7? What other browsers is it compatible with?

cheers
Pauline

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btopro’s picture

btopro commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

You'll have to check flir's website to see about compatibility. I didn't write facelift, just the plugin that implements it. It should work in IE though I do know that it can be buggy.

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pauline_perren commented

Hi.

I checked out their web-site and it does work with IE7. I'm wondering if it could be the way the javascript is integrated into Drupal that is causing the problem? I don't have a clue about javascript unfortunately or cross-browser issues so it is difficult for me to see what the problem might be.

cheers
Pauline

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Kripsy commented

I am experiencing the same problem as well. I believe that it is an issue with the module itself as the demo page works in IE7 but the integration through the module does not.

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Kripsy commented
Status: Closed (won't fix) » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

I'm changing the status because I was able to reproduce the bug on different systems in this module only. Perhaps others can confirm that this is a problem for the Drupal 6 version.

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wheelercreek commented

At first I didn't think it was working in IE, but then I realized it was a Drupal permissions issue. Make sure anonymous users can view Flir images. I wasn't logged in as admin when I was testing IE. Works for me in both IE 7 & IE 6.

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btopro commented
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (won't fix)

ok, I'm gona move this back to won't fix as I believe it works in IE7 and I've never had any issue getting it working in IE7. Just make sure the permissions are set up correctly.

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j0rd commented

There's a bunch of flir specific options which flir allows you to attach with fonts.

Flir is pretty smart and chooses what it thinks is appropriate options based on your CSS.

For instance:

Say you have flir in the Drupal module for h1.title

and then you have this CSS for your h1.title

h1.title {
background: white;
}

Flir will give you a .GIF output with a white background. Unfortunately for the font I'm using this causes the output jagged. The Flir JS module itself allows you to choose your output format, but because the Drupal module does not allow entry points for these, we're not able to adjust them easily.

Ideally I'd prefer a PNG output with a white background. This will remove the issues with Transparent PNGs in IE (which I believe might be going on here) and me to use Dynamic text/fonts.

There's a whole list of options which can be associated with each of your fonts with flir.

  • mode
  • output
  • cSize
  • cColor
  • cFont
  • realFontHeight
  • dpi
  • cBackground
  • cSpacing
  • cLine
  • cAlign
  • cTransform

I think Drupal module not allowing us to set these and allowing Flir to choose proper defaults might be leading to these issues. It might also explain why it works on the Flir website and how it doesn't work with the module. Perhaps the demo are configuring these options differently than flir's defaults.