html5shiv not working in IE8?

Question

I can\'t get styles to pick up in IE8 with HTML5 elements. I\'ve trawled stackoverflow and Google, no suggestions I\'ve tried work.

I started with a much more elabor

Answer 1

Move the shiv before the style declarations.

To increase performance in modern browsers, you might want to use conditional comments for the shiv.

    
        
        
        

        

        
    
    
        

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