Get the header, footer, section, and article tags working in Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 with Modernizr!

It turns out that the problem I describe here is easy to fix. Go to http://modernizr.com/ and get the production Modernizr 2.8.3 in its default configuration while checking no additional checkboxes and also not unchecking the three checked-by-default checkboxes for...

1. html5shiv v3.7
2. Modernizr.load
3. Add CSS Classes

...either. Next, save off the 8K file and reference it like so:

<script src="modernizr.js"></script>

 
 

That is all there is to it! Here are two interesting links I looked at in figuring this out:

• http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/using-modernizr.html
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6883010/if-im-already-using-modernizr-will-i-then-even-need-html5-shiv