Title: IE8 CSS issue
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# IE8 CSS issue

 *  Resolved [snurfer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snurfer/)
 * (@snurfer)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ie8-css-issue/)
 * Hi
    Having spent seven hours groping around trying to work out why our test site
   refuses to render properly in IE8 (why are you not surprised) can anyone tell
   me where the css is going wrong or how to work around this specific issue. the
   url is [http://www.c9914460.myzen.co.uk](http://www.c9914460.myzen.co.uk)
 * Instead of the sidebar floating right all of the widget areas display vertically
   and overlap rendering the homepage unreadable. No problems in Chrome Safari or
   Firefox.I know it is a simple css issue but because the ie8 developer tools are
   so poor I cant seem to find the problem any help or pointers would be gratefully
   received.
 * Thanks in advance.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ie8-css-issue/#post-2357863)
 * The [156 markup errors](http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.c9914460.myzen.co.uk%2F)
   may have something to do with it.
 *  Thread Starter [snurfer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snurfer/)
 * (@snurfer)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ie8-css-issue/#post-2358013)
 * Thanks, really constructive, anyone else? Have bitten off more than I can chew
   and am letting a good mate down right now. I know (or I think I know) the CSS
   is broken I should mention this is a template we bought unfortunately the support
   from the template guys is non existent (you live and learn)
 *  [nsathees](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nsathees/)
 * (@nsathees)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ie8-css-issue/#post-2358015)
 * I don’t have IE as I am on Linux. But a quick check of the site points me to 
   one problem.
    Your total sidebar width is 320px, the the image you use for h3
   tags is 324px. Reduce the image size to 320 and check it out!
 *  Thread Starter [snurfer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snurfer/)
 * (@snurfer)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ie8-css-issue/#post-2358016)
 * Found the problem. Topic closed thanks if you looked.

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ie8-css-issue/#post-2358016)
 * Status: resolved

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