Force document mode=IE8 Standards

Question

So I am having problems getting IE8 to not default to IE7 document mode, as our intranet is set up.

I am using IE dev tools to set plus a little bit of js to check w

Answer 1

One might think is would be a prerequisite, and I would agree.

But whilst working locally I hadn't declared a doctype:

Make sure you declare one:

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