diff --git a/webapp/config/licenser/known_exceptions.txt b/webapp/config/licenser/known_exceptions.txt
index a89aea62c..7a60eba5e 100644
--- a/webapp/config/licenser/known_exceptions.txt
+++ b/webapp/config/licenser/known_exceptions.txt
@@ -155,3 +155,15 @@ webapp/web/js/detect.js
 # PROBLEM? perhaps from www.dannyg.com, but what are the license restrictions?
 webapp/web/toggle.js
 webapp/web/js/toggle.js
+
+
+# Script for enabling new HTML5 semantic markup in IE browsers. 
+# remysharp.com/2009/01/07/html5-enabling-script/
+webapp/web/js/html5.js
+
+# selectivizr is a JavaScript utility that emulates CSS3 pseudo-classes and attribute selectors in Internet Explorer 6-8. selectivizr.com
+webapp/web/js/selectivizr.js
+
+# Supersleight jQuery Plugin for Transparent PNGs in IE6. allinthehead.com/retro/338/supersleight-jquery-plugin
+webapp/web/js/supersleight.js
+webapp/web/js/supersleightUtils.js
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreemarkerHttpServlet.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreemarkerHttpServlet.java
index 03d9f7ae6..0c9764508 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreemarkerHttpServlet.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreemarkerHttpServlet.java
@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@ public class FreemarkerHttpServlet extends VitroHttpServlet {
 
         map.put("themeDir", themeDir);
 
+        map.put("themeDir", themeDir);
+
         map.put("stylesheets", getStylesheetList(themeDir));
         map.put("scripts", getScriptList(themeDir));
         map.put("headScripts", getScriptList(themeDir));
@@ -385,8 +387,8 @@ public class FreemarkerHttpServlet extends VitroHttpServlet {
         urls.put("login", urlBuilder.getPortalUrl(Route.LOGIN));          
         urls.put("logout", urlBuilder.getLogoutUrl());       
         urls.put("siteAdmin", urlBuilder.getPortalUrl(Route.LOGIN));  
-
         urls.put("siteIcons", urlBuilder.getPortalUrl(themeDir + "/site_icons"));
+        urls.put("themeImages", urlBuilder.getPortalUrl(themeDir + "/images"));
         urls.put("images", urlBuilder.getUrl("/images"));
 
         return urls;
diff --git a/webapp/web/js/html5.js b/webapp/web/js/html5.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac89535b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/web/js/html5.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// html5shiv MIT @rem remysharp.com/html5-enabling-script
+// iepp v1.5.1 MIT @jon_neal iecss.com/print-protector
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diff --git a/webapp/web/js/selectivizr.js b/webapp/web/js/selectivizr.js
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3e06de7f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/web/js/selectivizr.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/*
+selectivizr v1.0.0 - (c) Keith Clark, freely distributable under the terms of the MIT license.
+selectivizr.com
+*/
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diff --git a/webapp/web/js/supersleight.js b/webapp/web/js/supersleight.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39ee3fce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/web/js/supersleight.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+//Fix Transparent PNGs in IE6
+jQuery.fn.supersleight = function(settings) {
+	settings = jQuery.extend({
+		imgs: true,
+		backgrounds: true,
+		shim: 'x.gif',
+		apply_positioning: true
+	}, settings);
+	
+	return this.each(function(){
+		if (jQuery.browser.msie && parseInt(jQuery.browser.version, 10) < 7 && parseInt(jQuery.browser.version, 10) > 4) {
+			jQuery(this).find('*').andSelf().each(function(i,obj) {
+				var self = jQuery(obj);
+				// background pngs
+				if (settings.backgrounds && self.css('background-image').match(/\.png/i) !== null) {
+					var bg = self.css('background-image');
+					var src = bg.substring(5,bg.length-2);
+					var mode = (self.css('background-repeat') == 'no-repeat' ? 'crop' : 'scale');
+					var styles = {
+						'filter': "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='" + src + "', sizingMethod='" + mode + "')",
+						'background-image': 'url('+settings.shim+')'
+					};
+					self.css(styles);
+				};
+				// image elements
+				if (settings.imgs && self.is('img[src$=png]')){
+					var styles = {
+						'width': self.width() + 'px',
+						'height': self.height() + 'px',
+						'filter': "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='" + self.attr('src') + "', sizingMethod='scale')"
+					};
+					self.css(styles).attr('src', settings.shim);
+				};
+				// apply position to 'active' elements
+				if (settings.apply_positioning && self.is('a, input') && (self.css('position') === '' || self.css('position') == 'static')){
+					self.css('position', 'relative');
+				};
+			});
+		};
+	});
+};
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diff --git a/webapp/web/js/supersleightUtils.js b/webapp/web/js/supersleightUtils.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da0356090
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/web/js/supersleightUtils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<#-- $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ -->
+//Fix Transparent PNGs in IE6
+$('body').supersleight();
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