CSS styles not being loaded in IE8

Question

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

Answer 1

@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 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 , 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 to inside the element.