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How to enable HTML5 in Internet Explorer 8 and lower?
According to several sites you can write this in <head>:
<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js...
<![endif]-->
Is that all you need to do? Because it's not working for me.
http://webdesign.about.com/od/internetexplorer/qt/...
http://www.paulund.co.uk/turn-on-html5-in-ie8-or-l...
http://tatiyants.com/how-to-get-ie8-to-support-htm...
These sites says I just need to add the scipt. Obviously I'm new at this, but if anyone knows a website with a better solution, I would appreciate the help.
Unfortunately, it's not publicly accessible yet. However, there really doesn't seem to be that many people using IE8 or lower anymore. The website is for a small company, and it probably doesn't need support for IE8 and lower.
I'm thinking of just putting a banner on the site instead, like they suggest here: http://theie8countdown.com/
3 Answers
- ChrisLv 77 years ago
To quote the description of html5shiv:
"The HTML5 Shiv enables use of HTML5 sectioning elements in legacy Internet Explorer and provides basic HTML5 styling for Internet Explorer 6-9, Safari 4.x (and iPhone 3.x), and Firefox 3.x."
It can't however push IE8's rendering engine several years into the future. You obviously won't be able to use <canvas> or <video> just by having some JavaScript code included. Let alone in older IE versions.
- ?Lv 77 years ago
That does not work. You can not use a script to convert your web pages to HTML5
You have to go through each one and make the changes to the code.
See this web site: www.w3schools.com
- KoryPLv 47 years ago
Is the page you're working on publicly accessible? If so, I can debug what's going on.
Nothing will make IE8 behave like the latest version of chrome, but polyfills will go a long way for common stuff.
You might also consider trying modernizr: http://modernizr.com/
Sorry, wish I could help more. If you give another update with more details and a link to your project, I'll help more. Please remember to give credit to whoever gives you the best answer--even if it's not me. Ppl need a bit o' love for their efforts.
