Here is the situation, you are trying to open a webpage. Website loads and you see a pop up message “Internet Explorer Cannot Open the Internet Site Operation Aborted”, click on ok and partially loaded page turns to “page cannot be displayed…”.
If you open same webpage in other web browser like Firefox, webpage will load fine and there will no error. I have seen such errors on number of websites and always though it was bad website coding or internet connection and moved on to other website.
Hell broke lose when I started getting the same dreaded error on my other website and I could not access any webpage in Internet Explorer. However, website worked fine in Firefox. Surely something was wrong there.
I googled around and landed at Nirmal TV, this and this. So reading some good amount of documentation and comments on number of websites I was able to figure out the cause of error. This is basically issue with Internet Explorer not able to understand ‘Javascript code’ on your website. It is more to do with the placement of that Javascript code. Here is what I did to fix this:
- Removed all the Javascript codes of Adsense, Feedburner & other.
- Then added Javascript code one by one and checked for the error.
- Bingo, I found it was my Kontera Javascript Ad code causing issue.
Here is the final Punch, this code was placed at the bottom of the template. I removed the code and did not get the error. But it was surely placement of the code and not the code causing the issue.
Then I placed the code before “<?php get_footer(); ?>” and issue was finally resolved. So if you are dealing with similar error, try to play around with the placement of Javascript code in the template and issue should be fixed. Other possible reason for such issue is Google Map API in the code (like when you have a Google Map embedded in your webpage). Check here to deal with that.
One funny resolution to this issue can be “STOP USING IE”. Well easier said than done, still lots of people use IEÂ and they will not able to access my website. So this error had to be taken care off!
December 25th, 2007 at 7:15 am
I got the same error, and also just realized it was the Kontera code. It was working just fine though (for a month), up until yesterday. Must have been a recent (poor) update from Kontera that caused it to break sites in IE.
December 25th, 2007 at 11:52 am
The exact thing happened to me. It was fine yesterday and then today, bam! One of my websites died because of the Kontera JS code. I removed the code and all is fine.
My other sites are not affected. Not very nice of Kontera to make a change that breaks all of our websites…
December 25th, 2007 at 11:55 am
Correction… it is happening on 35 other sites…. Grrrrr
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU TOO KONTERA!
December 25th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
For me also, it was the Kontera script which was causing the Issue.
December 25th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
@Rob & Nirmal… Issue doesnt seem to be with Kontera script but with the placement of script of your template file.
IE cannot understand the some JS if placed out of loop of php or div function.
Previously Kontera code placed at the botttom of template, I moved it in a php function and issue was resolved.
Yes, issue does not appear if you remove kontera code all together.
Also, please note issue does not appear if you correctly re-locate kontera code in the template.
January 9th, 2008 at 1:03 am
cannot open/view image from flickr? how to fix this error?
January 9th, 2008 at 7:50 am
@Mia try following steps to check this issue:
1. Delete all the temporary files from the computer.
http://www.tothepc.com/archives/3-steps-to-clear-temporary-files-speed-up-windows/
2. Restart the computer and try again.
3. If issue persists, try checking in different web browser, if using Internet Explorer then check for the issue in Firefox.
January 25th, 2008 at 8:30 am
I cannot open ANY websites with IE 7, but have no problem
with MSN Explorer and I use Firefox, that works fine too.
I don´t know anything about javascript and don´t know what to do to get IE 7 to function.
January 27th, 2008 at 12:04 am
thanks for this tip. i will do this. fellow entrecard member informed me about my site aborted using IE.
January 27th, 2008 at 12:42 am
i followed what you did and put my kontrera at the bottom of the main index.php, and so as to single posts and page.phps.it worked perfect now.
but my main page doesn’t show any kontrera link. how can i bring it back?thanks
January 27th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
cool… Is Kontera link showing on front page in FireFox?
Also make sure you try checking this issue by pasting kontera code above “<?php get_footer(); ?>†and few other closing php tags in your template.
Sadly, this is more of a hit and trial thing.
February 22nd, 2008 at 2:49 am
I had this problem with IE as well but none of the solutions proved to help. I was using javascript I had used on another site but for no good reason, IE crashed on this new site. After spending some time reading sites on the error and trying to figure out whats clashing with the javascript I finally found the solution.
Div tags with javascript can also cause this error. Let me explain..
My content didn’t have any tables, it was purely div tags with javascript in the footer and the head. If I removed one or the other the site loaded but moving it around didn’t do anything. All I did was put my entire content, from body open to just before the footer javascript, in a table of 100% width and no border..so you don’t even know its there. Just by doing this, the site now loads in IE….a miracle yes?
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Boy what a huge problem. I was doing fine and then I saw a 70% decrease in my stats. I was like DANG IT!! I noticed this issue about IE and what a pain in the Arse! Really people should forget it but anyway. I had to find the problem so I redesigned my blog and in my case it was a criteo widget (it is a blog community widget). The funny thing is that I have 2 blogs with the exactly same template as the one that crashed in IE but those widgets are fine. GO FIGURE. Thanks for the post man!
April 16th, 2008 at 6:09 am
Does a downloadable solution from Microsoft or Java exist for this error? For those of us who are not tech savvy and are not able to fool around in javascript. Running IE6 SP2 on XP.
April 16th, 2008 at 10:18 am
@Barry I believe you are getting this error while visiting a specific website.
This issue is a result of conflicting javascript in that site code. One has to figure out which code by hit and trial as explained above.
As of now, there is no downloadable patch to fix this. IE upgrade may help!
April 19th, 2008 at 11:03 am
I am getting a similar problem. I do not get it in Mozilla and my husband’s computer works in IE. The outfit that designed the website for me is not getting it in ie 6, 7 or mozilla so it must be something wrong MY IE….any ideas? I have cleared my temp files and history but that didn’t work.
April 20th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
@Terry You can check on this issue by:
- perform system restore
- Install IE7, if using IE6
- Repair IE
Hope this helps, solution to this error is more of hit and try.
April 28th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
I am getting this pop-up while trying to get into my Inbox in GMail. And, it was not doing so before I chose to install some updates by Microsoft. The problem started right after the updates.
April 29th, 2008 at 9:50 am
@David
Perform system restore to remove Updates. In case issue persists, check it in FireFox.
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:45 pm
I appear to get the same pop up now i get it on wikipedia as well. would it help if i removed java from my computer, would that make the problem go away.