How to Define HTML5 DOCTYPE for IE

by Posted in Code
 

Is Internet Explorer not recognizing your <footer> tag?

I ran into the same issue.

Solution:

To ensure browser recognition of the most common HTML5 tags, you need to declare to the HTML5 DOCTYPE in you code. To do so add the below DOCTYPE just before your <html> tag.

<!DOCTYPE html>

A simple adjustment that may keep you from banging your head in Internet Explorer 9.

Want to learn more about html5? Try this resource...

Decoding HTML5 ebook

You might also like:

  1. Create a Minimum Height with CSS