tip level: intermediate

When trying to remove the IE 8 compatibility button we can add the emulate tag:

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />  to the index.php? file,  just below <header>

However, in the khepri template - the default administrator template for Joomla! 1.5 - we needed to place this at the bottom of the header ie just before </header>

So to make that pesky compatibility button disappear in IE8 when in the backend of Joomla! 1.5 - simply:

• Go to yoursite.com/administrator/templates/khepri/index.php - you can do this via ftp or in the backend via extensions - template manager - administrator and select khepri template and click EDIT HTML  (top right_
• Add <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />  to just above </header>

*beware in Joomla! upgrades that include changes to the Khepri template - this change may be overwritten during the upgrade and will need to be re-applied