Why does my page work in IE9's IE7 mode, but not in IE7 itself?

Question

I recently went live with our new home page, after heavily testing it in each of IE9\'s browser and document modes (not just compatibility mode, but actual IE7 and IE8

Answer 1

Alrgiht, this maybe the answer ur looking for. Go to F12 developer tools and click IE9 browser mode and IE7 document mode It will be IE7 standards, but a IE9 useragent. If that doesn't work, try using IE7 browser mode and document mode.