IE 8 Issues

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  digregb · Member · Mar 27, 2013 at 1:12 am

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  Hi,
  I just setup my wordpress.com blog site. It looks great in Firefox. However, most of my customers still use Internet Explorer, version 8 and 9. When using these browsers, the display is awful. Please help!

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  kardotim · Member · Mar 27, 2013 at 11:13 am

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  Could you send us a screenshot of the page where you’re seeing this? You can upload the screenshot to your blog’s media library.

  Thank you!

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  digregb · Member · Mar 27, 2013 at 1:29 pm

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  Hi…I have uploaded two screen shots. One is called Blog – IE8.jpg and the other is Blog – Firefox.jpg. My blog can be found at:

  makeyourprojectwiser.net.

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  kardotim · Member · Mar 27, 2013 at 3:07 pm

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  Thank you for the screenshots.

  Our newer themes are no longer designed for IE 8 or older. Content should be readable/accessible, but the design may look off due to IE 8’s lack of support for mobile-first design techniques.

  We made this decision after reviewing WordPress.com’s traffic statistics, and found IE 8 users make up a very small and dwindling percentage of the overall user population.

  I hope this clears things up.

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  digregb · Member · Mar 27, 2013 at 3:08 pm

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  Thanks for the update. Can you provide me any names of WP themes that are still designed for IE8?

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  kardotim · Member · Mar 27, 2013 at 5:07 pm

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  We don’t have a browser specific theme list, but you could try http://themes.wordpress.com/themes/twentyten or any other themes listed on http://themes.wordpress.com .