I have uploaded a page to a webserver. When I go there with IE and switch browser mode to IE 8 or IE 7 to see if html5shiv and respond.js are downloaded I see that they are not. Anybody knows why ? I use bootstrap's recommended template with a bit added code in a . Here is the code :
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Bootstrap 101 Template</title>
<!-- Bootstrap -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<!-- HTML5 Shim and Respond.js IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->
<!-- WARNING: Respond.js doesn't work if you view the page via file:// -->
<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/html5shiv/3.7.2/html5shiv.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/respond/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello, world!</h1>
<section>
<h2>how are you doing ?</h2>
</section>
<!-- jQuery (necessary for Bootstrap's JavaScript plugins) -->
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- Include all compiled plugins (below), or include individual files as needed -->
<script src="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
and my uploaded page is there http://toto3000.byethost24.com/bootstrap/basic%20ii.html
Correct your first link by adding prefix (http://).
FROM: //maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/css/bootstrap.min.css TO : http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/css/bootstrap.min.css
Your browser is trying to use a file protocole (file://)