title: Make HTML5 header work with IE — HTML5 Shiv doesn’t fix my layout
body: <p>I posted the other day about problems I was having with my layout in IE.</p>
  
  <p>Today I figured out my problem, IE was not working for my HTML5 elements like <code>&lt;header&gt;</code> and <code>&lt;footer&gt;</code></p>
  
  <p>When I replaced them with <code>&lt;div&gt;</code> almost all my problems went away.  So I started searching for how to add IE suppot for these HTML5 features.  </p>
  
  <p>I came across <a href="http://www.modernizr.com/" rel="nofollow">Modernizr</a> and <a href="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js" rel="nofollow">HTML5 Shiv</a> also from what I read, the basic Javascript to add support for something like <code>&lt;header&gt;</code> is this...</p>
  
  <pre><code>document.createElement("header");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now you can see I have done my research and I am still not having any luck.  Modernizr did not work so then I tried the HTML Shiv trick and still no luck so then on to the Javascript trick and no luck either.</p>
  
  <p>So please can someone tell me what I can do?</p>
  
  <p>My IE version is 8 and sorry I do not have a live version of the site to show</p>