[CKAN-support] IE8 - mixed content on a secure page issue

Tue Aug 20 06:04:09 UTC 2013

Hi George,

I can't think of anything new apart from the solutions you've already
listed. I'll talk to my teammates and get back to you on what we've done
for similar situations in the past.

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On 19 August 2013 10:23, George Sattler <George.sattler at xvt.com.au> wrote:

>  Hi Support****
>
> Just run into an issue where internet explorer 8 shows a warning when you
> try a view a visualisation that is pulled in from somewhere over an
> unsecure connection.****
>
> ** **
>
> My situation is that https is enforced on the ckan instance and then there
> are datasets that have a plain http url. From my research, it would seem
> that this type of thing is a well-known IE8 issue that has frustrated
> billions of people (probably) worldwide. ****
>
> ** **
>
> Just wondering if this is something that you have encountered before..?
> and maybe have a fix for..?****
>
> ** **
>
> The solutions that I know of so far are not really doable ** **
>
> **1.       **Get people to change their browser settings-  is not
> possible because it’s a large government department****
>
> **2.       **Get all content to load via https – not really feasible
> either****
>
> ** **
>
> (attached image of the IE8 dialog that is shown)****
>
> ** **
>
> Cheers****
>
> George Sattler****
>
> XVT Solutions****
>
> ** **
>
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