Title: Problems with IE
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Problems with IE

 *  Resolved [fabian.schmid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fabianschmid/)
 * (@fabianschmid)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-ie-5/)
 * Hello
 * The theme I’m about to develop and customize on [http://2013.fabians.ch](http://2013.fabians.ch)
   displays quite strange in IE. Tested in IE8 and IE9 – they both display it differently.
   It should the way it does in FF and Chrome.
 * I can’t get what it is that smashes the layout. Can anyone find something?
 * Thanks

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 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-ie-5/#post-3238192)
 * You can’t put any code about the DOCTYPE. There are other errors as well:
 * [http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2F2013.fabians.ch%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0](http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2F2013.fabians.ch%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0)
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-ie-5/#post-3238202)
 * > It should the way it does in FF and Chrome.
 * Unless you tiptoe around IE when building your website, this is not the case.
   Building websites to work in FF and Chrome means websites should break in IE.
 *  Thread Starter [fabian.schmid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fabianschmid/)
 * (@fabianschmid)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-ie-5/#post-3238234)
 * Thank you WPyogi, I’m gonna validate and put a Doctype in there.
 * > Unless you tiptoe around IE when building your website, this is not the case.
   > Building websites to work in FF and Chrome means websites should break in IE.
 * There are always ways to make it look **kinda okay** in IE as well. That’s all
   I need. But I can’t find the elements or styles that cause the main trouble.
 *  Thread Starter [fabian.schmid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fabianschmid/)
 * (@fabianschmid)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-ie-5/#post-3238235)
 * They don’t have a doctype in twentyeleven and twentyten themes though. Why’s 
   that?
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-ie-5/#post-3238236)
 * Oh yes they do, don’t know where you are looking but there is DEFINITELY a Doctype
   in every WP default theme!
 * And for that matter, any theme in the WP repository is required to have a valid
   DOCTYPE.
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-ie-5/#post-3238237)
 * And yours does have one, it’s just that there is CSS code above it — which is
   a problem and may well be causing the issues in IE. And yes, there certainly 
   are ways to cope with IE – annoying but possible.
 *  Thread Starter [fabian.schmid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fabianschmid/)
 * (@fabianschmid)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-ie-5/#post-3238238)
 * I’m sorry I was being blind and posting too quickly…long day. Thanks for your
   super-fast replies!
 * There must be some plugin putting code above my doctype declaration. Though it
   was **SEO Facebook** but it apparently isn’t. Gonna try with deactivating all
   of em..
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-ie-5/#post-3238240)
 * No problem — it just cracked me up :)! (It’s a bit like saying the earth is flat—
   LOL)
 * Did you try to change the bottom margin on h2 tags – that’s what the errant code
   is doing…
 *  Thread Starter [fabian.schmid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fabianschmid/)
 * (@fabianschmid)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-ie-5/#post-3238241)
 * The earth is flat though, ain’t it?! :O
 * Yes I just changed them and set those styles with classes. Validation working
   now, thanks!
 * And hell that is great. IE9 is now displaying everything as perfect as it can!
   As well is IE9 in compatibility mode for IE8. In IE7 mode there are some more
   imperfections however I guess I can fix that pretty soon.
 * Shoulda thought of validation earlier, it’s been too long since the last serious
   coding:)
 * Thanks again, have a good evening (or whatever time it is where you are).
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-ie-5/#post-3238248)
 * LOL — morning in California, and the sun is shining after 4 days of total rain.
   You have a good one too!

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