Fotiman
msg:4543153 | 9:41 pm on Feb 6, 2013 (gmt 0) |
IE8 includes some relatively useful Developer Tools. When the page is open, press F12 to start the Developer Tools. You can then look through the elements to see what styles it thinks each one has. That might help you to track down the problem.
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swa66
msg:4543164 | 10:46 pm on Feb 6, 2013 (gmt 0) |
IE is the worst of the worst browsers out there, we all struggle with it. The older the version, the worse it is. Esp. CSS implementations suck, and if you happen to trigger it's quirks mode all bets are off.
Try to reduce the problem by eliminating more and more of your page till you have the absolute minimum that still shows the problem. Post that code...
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lucy24
msg:4543186 | 12:05 am on Feb 7, 2013 (gmt 0) |
What format are the fonts? Quick detour to caniuse dot com confirms that MSIE < 9 doesn't support the standard .ttf, only their own .otf format.
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drhowarddrfine
msg:4543188 | 12:09 am on Feb 7, 2013 (gmt 0) |
And if you are using any HTML5 elements, they won't work in IE8 either without a "shiv".
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DigitalSky
msg:4543195 | 12:20 am on Feb 7, 2013 (gmt 0) |
I am using HTML5 elements such as <header> and <footer> tags. How can I make those work in IE8?
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DigitalSky
msg:4543196 | 12:20 am on Feb 7, 2013 (gmt 0) |
The fonts are Fonts that are hosted on TypeKit so they serve the fonts in whatever version the browser wants. IE8 should use a .eot font.
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Fotiman
msg:4543198 | 12:31 am on Feb 7, 2013 (gmt 0) |
| I am using HTML5 elements such as <header> and <footer> tags. How can I make those work in IE8? |
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Use either Modernizr [modernizr.com] or html5shiv [code.google.com] (note, Modernizr includes the html5shiv code). [edited by: Fotiman at 12:32 am (utc) on Feb 7, 2013]
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DigitalSky
msg:4543199 | 12:32 am on Feb 7, 2013 (gmt 0) |
Thanks Fotiman, I had no idea this even existed so I just learned something new. I'll check it out and see if it fixes anything.
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