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Hey guys im working on a new site for 2009.

atslopes.com/2009.html

Lightwindow works great in both mac +pc-- safari, firefox.

But it doesn't work in internet explorer. Any thoughts?

Any help would be greatly appreciated a ton.

you can email me back at -- atslopes@hotmail.com

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Hey, i've got the same problems. Actually my test site works perfectly with Firefox and nescape. But nothing work with Internet explorer.
I tested some lightbox sites with my internet explorer and they work fine
It works with IE when i just use picture ( button and image link) , but when i use swf(swf button and swf link) that doesn't work.

Could someone could explain us?

http://blaackjack.free.fr/

Here my site
THx

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Hello:

Lightwindow in IE yes it works. You can try it if you go with
ie6 or 7 to http://stickmanlabs.com/lightwindow/ and check it

The problem is, i think, is the window opens out of the range of the screen. I thoug the shame as you but i see how a corner in some situations that i don't understand.

I'm on it. If i resolve i will post

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Yes its tru.... Doesn't work. It close itself

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So the only way to fix this prblem is to download firefox because I use Internet Exploler.

Please I need an answer.

Thanks.

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maby someone find it useful:

Check your DOCTYPE in your html document.

I had this--------->>

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

And changed into this ----------->>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="pl">

Worked for me. Good luck.
Regards

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Thanks - now mine works great!

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thanksss a.t.t.i.n.s.l.y !!!!

it works !!!

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yes...
doctype headers works... and they works with videobox too.

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Its working in IE smoothly but at the same time the alignments are lost in other browsers like opera, mozilla firefox, chrome.

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I used this

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/frameset.dtd"> <html>

instead of

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="pl">

and solved the problems. now lightwindow, lightbox are working smoothly...

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Sometimes happens if you just don't have a Doctype declared.
In case you missed it or deleted by mistake. Thanks for solutions above, really helped.

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thanks prajith this works:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/frameset.dtd"> <html>

for chrome, safari, but in ie the flash page shrinks until a lightwindow page has been opened. and in firefox 3, the quicktime movies don't show at all.

here is my link,

http://www.blfilm.com/2010_test/blflms.html

This is a flash piece that calls lightwindow using getURL();.

-press: shorts and click on any image.
-press contact: I have a form, but the css formatiing only shows up in safari and IE.

Any suggestions would be great and thanks in advance for any help.

ray...

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Thanx guyS!!!

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Question.

If I can cant change my doctype because I have say a yahoo store. How do i change the scripts to work properly with

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

any suggestions would be a great help

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Hi have someone Lightwindow on the PC? Stickmanlabs dont´t work since 2 days -.-

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Thank you!!!!!! Thank you!!! After hours of debugging, it works!

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Working very well now that we changed the doctype
http://bv-wine-gift-baskets.com

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Please help! I tried changing the doc type and am still having problems only in IE

link - http://www.njsymphony.org/f_v_index.htm

I would appreciate any help

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I have confirmed this and opened a ticket: http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/ticket/946

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I'm having a problem with the windows opening small on first click...but full size on second click? Anything? Stickman being going is killing me!

pardon the mess:
http://showerdoornetwork.com/taniatestfolder/gallerytaniatest2.htm

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@tania - These are all images. This is a forum for the JW Player for Flash, a video player for the web.

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sorry...getting desperate. didn't read as well as I should have.
Ethan would you know if there's a solution anywhere for this? I've combed the web and everything I find provides no answer.

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Well, it works for me.

This is really a forum about the JW Player, not general web help.

I suggest, just use the regular LightBox, the original one - http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/

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lightwindow is not working with framset .........

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Who know DOCTYPE could make such a difference. Thanks Guys.

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Even changing the doctype this is not working for me on IE8 when I try to use forms in the lightwindow.

If you try to open the forms examples in the demo you downloaded they won´t open either with ie8 local working, but they open perfectly at his webpage. Is he a wizard?

Any ideas?

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Well, running on server it works but when I try to open the same window two times the second time appears the text 'null' on the bottom... fuuuu

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@Harley Fuagrás - Can you provide a link to where you are running this?

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Thank you much! This was exactly what I needed for it to work!

Ivy

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Great! :)

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OMG, a.t.t.i.n.s.l.y, your solution worked!

For anyone who didn't see his solution:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="pl">

Thanks again a.t.t.i.n.s.l.y. Love you to bits for this. You saved me a half wasted day searching for the solution.

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I've tried the solutions posted here to date and even some others. Can't get IE to show/play a video in popup window. I really like this software and want to use it. It's super on other browsers, unfortunately, it has to also run on the most used browser IE... Can anyone help? thanks, Cliff

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@Cliff - Can you provide a link?

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This discussion just saved my a@@. Thanks so much for the IE fix, it worked on my site running IE 8.0.6001.19019 CXDESIGNS.net

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Cliff, did you get a solution?
If not: by "popup window" did you mean a lightbox, or opening a second HTML window? Even with all the DOCTYPE suggestions on this thread, I can't get IE to quit playing audio after the lightbox is closed - perhaps because I have multiple lightbox triggers on one page - but I can show you how to pop out a second HTML window to play the video, if that's the goal.

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I have the lightwindow working fine in all browsers. But when I open it twice using IE, it shows null on the bottom . It shows "null" even when I point the mouse over the anchor which I have linked to the light window

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Can you provide a link?

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I am still having this issue with lightbox. When I open my website in IE either 9 or 8, it will open the lightbox window, but it opens in the upper left hand corner. The fixes above did not work for me.

Are there any other fixes? I can't change the doctype because I amcreating this for a client, so I need a fix that won't touch the other files, only lightbox files.

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Please send us a link to the issue - http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/contact-us

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I just did.

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Thanks.

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