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My website with Concrete 5 w/ custom template does not seem to work with IE 8 browser and older, any advice help much appreciated

here is the link to my website
http://ftxmotorsports.com/test/Concrete5.4.1/index.php...

 
12345j replied on at Permalink Reply
12345j
this is an issue with your site because of its theme, not with c5.
Abs0lute replied on at Permalink Reply
Abs0lute
mmm, I don't have IE natively to test with, but by looking at your site in Adobe Browser Labs, I see a few things:

1) You're using HTML5, but I didn't see CSS3Pie or Modernizr in your code to make HTML5 tags, like <section> work in IE 8- . I recommend using one of these solutions to enable IE 8 and under to be able to understand your HTML5 tags.
Modernizer:http://www.modernizr.com/
css3Pie:http://css3pie.com/

2) Also, you might want to consider a conditional comment for IE 7 & 6:
<!--[if lt IE 8]>
<script src="http://ie7-js.googlecode.com/svn/version/2.0(beta3)/IE8.js" type="text/javascript"></script>


3) If your problems still persist after this, you'll have to add some conditional styles to your css. This is usually very easy, just identify the area that's acting screwy in IE, and start adjusting whatever you think is not working properly in IE w/ the following IE target codes in your CSS:
IE 8 & Under:
\9      as in     color:#fff\9;

IE 7:
*     as in    *color:#fff;

IE 6:
_     as in     _color:#fff;



That should help get you on your way. Hope it helps!