Backbone.js PushStates: Fallback for Internet Explorer not working

Question

My site has just implemented pushstates in Backbone.js and the entire site breaks for IE. How should I create a fallback for IE?

What I am trying to achieve<

Answer 1

If you don't want http://mydomain.com/explore/#explore url, then you have to redirect to http://mydomain.com/#explore so Backbone will start with it instead.

if(!pushState && window.location.pathname != "/") {
  window.location.replace("/#" + window.location.pathname)
}

UPD: you'll probably have to remove the leading slash when setting path as a hash window.location.pathname.substr(1)

UPD2: if you want /explore/ to be the root for your backbone routes then you have to exclude it from routes and set as a root in History.start({root: "/explore/"})

routes: {
    '': 'explore',
    ':id': 'viewListing',
}