HTML5 and the despicable (IE)

So I finally decided to open my theme in IE to see how it looks… Everything looks solid – except for one issue. I used HTML5 all the way, from header to section to aside, and IE refuses to style such tags. How can I get IE to stop being so stubborn?

This strikes me as strange because I can remember 10 years ago when I made up new tags while making sites on freewebs it styled them fine, so wouldn’t it consider these HTML5 tags to be “made up” too?

Try using the HTML5 shiv:

Thanks! You really deserve a medal!

Sweet! Looks like a Call of Duty medal!

Glad I could help.

JamiGibbs said
Sweet! Looks like a Call of Duty medal! Glad I could help.

It’s actually battlefield 3

..orrrr you can use Modernizr:

turkhitbox said
..orrrr you can use Modernizr: http://www.modernizr.com/

Modernizr solves this issue too? So it basically is an all in one modern day solution?

DesignitTonight said

turkhitbox said
..orrrr you can use Modernizr: http://www.modernizr.com/

Modernizr solves this issue too? So it basically is an all in one modern day solution?

The God, Jesus, Buddha solution that you’re looking for is BoilerPlate.

crozer said

DesignitTonight said

turkhitbox said
..orrrr you can use Modernizr: http://www.modernizr.com/

Modernizr solves this issue too? So it basically is an all in one modern day solution?

The God, Jesus, Buddha solution that you’re looking for is BoilerPlate.

Not a big fan of starter kits – do you have any themes using it, or do you know of any that are?

DesignitTonight said
Not a big fan of starter kits – do you have any themes using it, or do you know of any that are?

I can’t tell about themes here, but there are plenty of big sites using it. https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/wiki/Sites-using-the-boilerplate