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How to make html5 work in ie8 in Trick and Tips of HTML5 & CSS3 Examples
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Html5 works in firefox and crome but not works in IE9 below versions of IE.For that you just need to add one js script source.
In Example: 1 location of src mentioned.If it is not working try,

Example: 2 Directly code written in <script> tag.

Note:Check periodically whether any changes made in source file.If it changed update with new one.
Example: 1 location of src mentioned
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <meta charset="UTF-8"/>
        <script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
        <style>
        time{ color:red; }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <time>May, 2014</time>
    </body>
</html>
Example: 2 Directly code written in <script> tag
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <script>
        (function (l, f) {
            function m() {
                var a = e.elements;
                return "string" == typeof a ? a.split(" ") : a
            }

            function i(a) {
                var b = n[a[o]];
                b || (b = {}, h++, a[o] = h, n[h] = b);
                return b
            }

            function p(a, b, c) {
                b || (b = f);
                if (g) return b.createElement(a);
                c || (c = i(b));
                b = c.cache[a] ? c.cache[a].cloneNode() : r.test(a) ? (c.cache[a] = c.createElem(a)).cloneNode() : c.createElem(a);
                return b.canHaveChildren && !s.test(a) ? c.frag.appendChild(b) : b
            }

            function t(a, b) {
                if (!b.cache) b.cache = {}, b.createElem = a.createElement, b.createFrag = a.createDocumentFragment, b.frag = b.createFrag();
                a.createElement = function (c) {
                    return !e.shivMethods ? b.createElem(c) : p(c, a, b)
                };
                a.createDocumentFragment = Function("h,f", "return function(){var n=f.cloneNode(),c=n.createElement;h.shivMethods&&(" + m().join().replace(/[\w\-]+/g, function (a) {
                    b.createElem(a);
                    b.frag.createElement(a);
                    return 'c("' + a + '")'
                }) + ");return n}")(e, b.frag)
            }

            function q(a) {
                a || (a = f);
                var b = i(a);
                if (e.shivCSS && !j && !b.hasCSS) {
                    var c, d = a;
                    c = d.createElement("p");
                    d = d.getElementsByTagName("head")[0] || d.documentElement;
                    c.innerHTML = "x<style>article,aside,dialog,figcaption,figure,footer,header,hgroup,main,nav,section{display:block}mark{background:#FF0;color:#000}template{display:none}</style>";
                    c = d.insertBefore(c.lastChild, d.firstChild);
                    b.hasCSS = !!c
                }
                g || t(a, b);
                return a
            }
            var k = l.html5 || {},
                s = /^<|^(?:button|map|select|textarea|object|iframe|option|optgroup)$/i,
                r = /^(?:a|b|code|div|fieldset|h1|h2|h3|h4|h5|h6|i|label|li|ol|p|q|span|strong|style|table|tbody|td|th|tr|ul)$/i,
                j, o = "_html5shiv",
                h = 0,
                n = {},
                g;
            (function () {
                try {
                    var a = f.createElement("a");
                    a.innerHTML = "<xyz></xyz>";
                    j = "hidden" in a;
                    var b;
                    if (!(b = 1 == a.childNodes.length)) {
                        f.createElement("a");
                        var c = f.createDocumentFragment();
                        b = "undefined" == typeof c.cloneNode ||
                            "undefined" == typeof c.createDocumentFragment || "undefined" == typeof c.createElement
                    }
                    g = b
                } catch (d) {
                    g = j = !0
                }
            })();
            var e = {
                elements: k.elements || "abbr article aside audio bdi canvas data datalist details dialog figcaption figure footer header hgroup main mark meter nav output progress section summary template time video",
                version: "3.7.0",
                shivCSS: !1 !== k.shivCSS,
                supportsUnknownElements: g,
                shivMethods: !1 !== k.shivMethods,
                type: "default",
                shivDocument: q,
                createElement: p,
                createDocumentFragment: function (a, b) {
                    a || (a = f);
                    if (g) return a.createDocumentFragment();
                    for (var b = b || i(a), c = b.frag.cloneNode(), d = 0, e = m(), h = e.length; d < h; d++) c.createElement(e[d]);
                    return c
                }
            };
            l.html5 = e;
            q(f)
        })(this, document);
    </script>
    <style>
        time {
            color: red;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <time>May, 2014</time>
</body>

</html>
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