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js: placeholder for oldIE
/* placeholder for oldIe */
$('.ie8 [placeholder], .ie9 [placeholder]').focus(function() {
var input = $(this);
if (input.val() == input.attr('placeholder')) {
input.val('');
input.removeClass('placeholder');
}
}).blur(function() {
var input = $(this);
if (input.val() == '' || input.val() == input.attr('placeholder')) {
input.addClass('placeholder');
input.val(input.attr('placeholder'));
}
}).blur().parents('form').submit(function() {
$(this).find('[placeholder]').each(function() {
var input = $(this);
if (input.val() == input.attr('placeholder')) {
input.val('');
}
})
});
/* min version */
$(".ie8 [placeholder], .ie9 [placeholder]").focus(function(){var a=$(this);if(a.val()==a.attr("placeholder")){a.val("");a.removeClass("placeholder")}}).blur(function(){var a=$(this);if(a.val()==""||a.val()==a.attr("placeholder")){a.addClass("placeholder");a.val(a.attr("placeholder"))}}).blur().parents("form").submit(function(){$(this).find("[placeholder]").each(function(){var a=$(this);if(a.val()==a.attr("placeholder")){a.val("")}})});
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specify class to IE8.

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