IE7 and TinyMCE with Plone

Question

In an out of the box Plone 4.1.4 (4113) on a windows server, some clientside problems occur on IE7 (I know...).

• Going to the main site: no problem
• logging in: IE raises a runtime error: Line 505: Expexted identifier, string or number
• Adding content: IE raises a runtime error: Line 505: Expexted identifier, string or number and gives a javascript error complaining that there is no "TinyMCE_config".

This function doesn't work:

• TinyMCE refuses to show it's controls and IE7 gives a Javascript error saying:

The institution is planning the move to IE8, but this is not finalized yet.

FF: no problem Chrome: no problem IE8: no problem

Any ideas (besides moving to a different browser...)?

btw: when trying out TinyMCE on their site, IE7 gives no errors at all...

Answer 1

Expexted identifier, string or number means the javascript has an unneeded colon (',') somewhere ( http://devharbor.blogspot.it/2011/10/ie7-and-error-expected-identifier.html )

To debug what it is, follow this guide: javascript debugging in internet explorer

I've used http://getfirebug.com/firebuglite and it worked to find the problem :)