IE8 issue with Twitter Bootstrap 3

Question

I am creating a site using the new Twitter Bootstrap. The site looks fine and works in all required browsers except IE8.

In IE8 it seems to be displaying elements o

Answer 1

I had exactly the same problem when migrating from bootstrapv2 to v3.

If (like me) you migrated by replacing the old spanX with col-sm-X you also need to add col-X classes. col-X are the styles that are outside of any @media blocks so they work without media query support.

To fix the container width you can set it yourself outside of a @media block. Something like:

.container {
  max-width: @container-tablet;
}
@import "twitter-bootstrap/less/bootstrap";