Force IE8 Into IE7 Compatiblity Mode

Question

Is there a way to force IE8 into IE7 compatibility mode using .NET or Javascript?

Answer 1

If you add this to your meta tags:

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" /> 

IE8 will render the page like IE7.

Answer 2

You can do it in the web.config

    <httpProtocol>         <customHeaders>             <add name="X-UA-Compatible" value="IE=7"/>         </customHeaders>     </httpProtocol> 

I have better results with this over the above solutions. Not sure why this wasn't given as a solution. :)