IE9 renders my web site as IE7. How to make it render as IE9?

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IE9 renders my web site as IE7. How to make not to make assumptions?

Stupid question I'm sure, but this is happening to just your site, not all sites you visit, right?
Depends on the parameter domain name (WTF! o_O). See the spacing above the main buttons/menu and very bottom of the page. And the address. imgur.com/a/qBCdo no problem on the internet but the problem occurs only when i use custom localhost name

John Conde · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-11 03:33:41Z

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This meta tag should do it:

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" value="IE=9">

You can also send it out as an HTTP header

answered Apr 11 '11 at 3:33

John Conde♦
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	when i press f12 i see user ager ie9 and document ie7. i'm setting it to ie9 but when i restart ie, it says ie7 again. the meta tag did not helped at all. – george Apr 11 '11 at 5:45
	Depends on the parameter domain name (WTF! o_O). See the spacing above the main buttons/menu and very bottom of the page. And the address. imgur.com/a/qBCdo no problem on the internet but the problem occurs only when i use custom localhost name. thus, now i'm using only the IP address. – george Apr 11 '11 at 17:53
	By the way I think I found better one <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" value="edge"> – george Apr 11 '11 at 17:57

The Disintegrator · Answer 2 · 2011-04-11 03:32:04Z

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Probably you are using and incorrect/malformed doctype tag. This is the usual trigger for this behavior.

answered Apr 11 '11 at 3:32

The Disintegrator
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