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Asked: 2026-05-23T11:24:14+00:00

I have a very strange issue in that no CSS styles are being loaded

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I have a very strange issue in that no CSS styles are being loaded in IE8 (maybe IE7 as well but cannot check). My site is at http://www.leavetrackapp.com/ and my master CSS file is as follows:

@import url("reset.css");
@import url("screen.css");
@import url("site.css");
@import url("colorbox.css");

The master.css file and indidivual stylesheets are accessible if I directly enter the address in the browser e.g. http://www.leavetrackapp.com/stylesheets/master.css returns the main file.

I think it’s a problem with the import rules but have no idea what it could be. Safari and Firefox work fine.

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks

Robin

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  1. Editorial Team

    @Guffa put me onto the right track with this: the problem is that the HTML5 elements aren’t working in Internet Explorer 8 and lower.

    Modernizr would fix this, but: http://www.modernizr.com/docs/#installing

    Drop the script tags in the <head> of
    your HTML.     For best performance, you
    should have them follow after your
    stylesheet references. The reason we
    recommend placing Modernizr in the
    head is two-fold: the HTML5 Shiv (that
    enables HTML5 elements in IE) must
    execute before the <body>    , and if
    you’re using any of the CSS classes
    that Modernizr adds, you’ll want to
    prevent a FOUC.

    So, you simply need to move Modernizr from just before </body> to inside the <head> element.

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