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leejosepho, i’m glad this was helpful and that i’m not the only one struggling a bit to make sense of all this :)!

and sami keijonen, from what i’ve read, internet explorer is a real drag (to say the least) for web designers/developers so i totally understand. but, as of feb 2013, it seems that IE 8 was still the world’s most popular browser (https://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/03/01/internet-explorer-continues-growth-past-55-market-share-thanks-to-ie9-and-ie10-as-chrome-hits-17-month-low/). even if that data isn’t totally accurate (which the comments suggest), it seems hard to give up on it completely quite yet, especially for non-profits. for now at least, it’s great to have this solution. so thanks again!

Nevermind Ted, Sami fixed my problem for me! Thanks again Sami!

Fixed! I’m so thrilled. Thank you again!

This is an example of both the problem and the joy of wordpress — a novice can play around and get stuff mostly working, but also runs the risk of getting completely lost and confused! Having support like this is completely invaluable for someone like me. I am so grateful!

And thanks again for the great theme!

Ah okay! Thank you again!! Now it is looking great in IE 8 — I really appreciate your help!

But, one thing. I’m now getting this error message in my Path Child editor in WordPress:

“This theme is broken. Template is missing.”

I can’t see a visible problem with the site. Is there something else I have to do to the child theme stylesheet to fix this?

Thanks again!

Thank you so much! Yes I just this moment realized that the fact that I am using a child theme seems to be causing the problem — that’s where the “@import” must be causing havoc. My site (not yet ready for launch) is here: https://www.startaskingquestions.com/. Thanks again — I really like Path and want to stick with it!!

Hi Ted!

I see that your website TedCurran.net using the Path theme displays just fine in IE 8. But for me, I can see only the responsive-version of my site in IE 8 and it’s driving me crazy! I posted to the Path support page to try to get help but am not having any luck.

Did you do something special to get your site working in IE8? I’d love to know your trick! Thanks!!

Okay, thanks. I want to be able to reach everyone. I’ve been trying for hours to put in a fix using some of the suggestions you mentioned, but nothing is working and I don’t know enough about this stuff to see how to straighten it out.

I’d love to put in a request to the creator of the theme to ask if perhaps there would be a way to address this (by including an IE stylesheet?] in a future update. Many thanks!

Wow, what a nightmare! I guess I will have to change themes (why would anyone use media queries if they won’t work for so many viewers when IE still has such a chunk of marketshare?), but that’s such a shame!! I really like the Path theme otherwise.

I don’t even know where to look to find whether or not @import styles are being used. I searched through the Path stylesheet and don’t see “@import” used anywhere. But the stylesheet is optimized so I’m not actually able to read it, and I don’t know what else to be looking for.

I’m using a different responsive theme for another site that looks fine in IE8, but I guess I just got lucky with that!

Thanks for the info!

Okay, thanks! Unfortunately that fix would be well beyond my abilities. Should I be concerned about many other browsers doing this or is it specific to IE8? I’ve tried to use browsershots.org to check for myself but I’m being blocked. Thanks!