IE9 fails to show page content

[tmfrnz]

On Internet Explorer 9 page content not loading on development site from NIWA CMS caused by CORS (cross-origin resource sharing) restrictions

On localhost content pages load but prompting a warning message (see https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ieinternals/2011/04/21/a-security-prompt-that-makes-you-go-huh/)

[tmfrnz]

@craigstanton @robbinsje a few questions

• have you come across this issue before when using the XML API of your CMS?
• will the production site be a NIWA subdomain (eg ptdb.niwa.co.nz)? this may resolve it

Here is the ajax call and setup I am using btw

$.support.cors = true;
        $.ajax({
          crossDomain: true,
          dataType:this.getFormat(),
          url:this.getUrl(),
          success:function(content) {

            switch (that.getFormat()) {                    
              case "xml":
                var content = $.xml2json(content)
                // according to NIWA's content XML structure
                if (typeof content["#document"] !== "undefined") {
                  if (content["#document"]["result"]["nodes"] !== "") {
                    content = content["#document"]["result"]["nodes"]["item"]["body"]["und"]["item"]["safe_value"]
                  } else {
                    content = "<p>ERROR LOADING RESOURCE: requested resource does not exist</p>"
                  }
                }
                callback(content)
                break
              default:
                callback(content)
                break                
            }
          },
          error: function(){
            console.log("error loading content")
          }

https://github.com/dumparkltd/tsunami-db/blob/master/app/models/ContentModel.js#L19

[robbinsje]

We have not come across this I suspect partly because we no longer strive to make anything work in Internet Explorer 9.
This is only a warning, of something that is true, so I am inclined to not worry about it.

[tmfrnz]

Unfortunately the warning appears only when serving the site locally http://localhost:8000 but on the development site hosted on GitHub pages it will just fail to load altogether.

Regardless, given that IE 9 is not a priority and if you are planning to host it as a NIWA subdomain, we should just wait for the launch.