Pinterest "Pin it" button breaking 'back' in Internet Explorer

Question

I recently found out that in Internet Explorer (v9 at least), the "Pin it" button for Pinterest is breaking 'back' functionality in the browser. Right-clicking on it shows an entry like 'http://assets.pinterest.com/pidget.html' as the previous page.

Looks like Pinterest is adding an iFrame and IE is adding its address to the history. Clicking 'back' doesn't do anything. Is this a known issue and is there a fix for this?

Answer 1

well, as a temporary solution (other than removing the 'pin it' button), from reading their code, I believe (not tested) that you could add a part to the <script> call to disable logging, like this ...

<script type="text/javascript" src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" data-pin-do-not-log="true"></script>

This works but doesn't apply for me because I load the script asynchronously and I use a load command, so what I did was I copied the pinit.js file locally to the server, and changed the part that says

if(a.v.config["do-not-log"]||a.a.doNotLog===true)

to

if(a.v.config["do-not-log"]||a.a.doNotLog===true||true)

looks like it's doing some sort of log in an iframe.

Answer 2

I was having the same problem. I added the website to my list of restricted sites by going to "Tools", then "Internet options", then "Security". It seems to have solved the problem.

Answer 3

I've raised it with PInterest here https://help.pinterest.com/requests/884162

Thier response. Pretty much a brush off.

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Hi ,

Information on how to add the Pin It button to your website or product pages is available here:

http://pinterest.com/about/goodies/

More advanced documentation is available here:

https://help.pinterest.com/entries/21101982

We regret that we're unable to provide coding support. Because issues with adding the Pin It button can be caused by conflicts with different parts of your setup it is usually best when someone that is familiar with your setup troubleshoots it. You may also want to try searching the web to see if others have had similar issues especially people that are using a similar site platform or language.

We request that you use our help articles to get the information you need as quickly as possible. If there’s additional information you’d like our team to know, you can reply to this message.

Thanks for writing and happy pinning!

• The Pinterest Team