--- Jim Helm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Jim Helm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Michael Schout'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: IE login script woes > Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 17:49:54 -0700 > > (I'm cc'ing the list in hopes that maybe this will > help others when > deailing with custom error documents that aren't > working under IE - > there have been a few people having problems with > login pages and some > of the Apache::Auth* modules, and maybe this will > help. If it's old > news to everyone, I apologize) > > Michael, > > I found something relating to IE (ain't MS grand!) > and custom error > pages not appearing under the right (wrong?) > conditions... Basically, if > "friendly http error messages" is turned on for IE > 5.X+, your custom > error page has to be over a certain size in order > for IE to display the > original and not it's own "friendly" version. > > The defaults for IE6.0 (don't have an older one to > test with) are > anywhere from 256 to 512 bytes, depending on the > error code returned. I > had a user who was having this problem on my site. > Took me a while to > figure it out too, since I always turn the pesky > thing off on my > systems. I eventually remembered there was a way to > override them, and > a quick search on MS Support site turned up the > answer. > > Anyway, that alternate login script I sent to you > needs a minor tweak - > basically adding 512 spaces (as simple as ' 'x512) > to both the refresh > page and the actual login page, so as to prevent the > "intelligent" code > in IE from hiding the pages. It shouldn't be a > problem for most login > pages, but the refresh page I'm using to make > http->https->http logins > work didn't have anywhere near the 512 bytes needed. > > Hope that's useful to you somehow. > > Later, > > Jim >
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