Template Does not work in IE6 - Is it is problem?

Hello, I have a template that does not work in IE 6. It alerts user to update.

Will that be a problem?
I mean will visits more be in IE6? I guess only 25% or so are in IE6 version.

This is a website for a web development company.

Let me know, Tx

 

On my main site I have ~7-8% visitors with MSIE v6.0. So, unless your site
is static pages only, will have no interaction with social networks & needs to
loose existing fans, keep ol' order intact. I used v6.0 four years ago. Basta..

And if web.dev.site will not be accessible by potential customers, it's even funny in this case.
Devs should be able to maintain own site ahead of changes to come. No access = No orders..

 

Google & Many Others ended support which will eventually move users off but yet many use IE6. My Website Analytic says :

12/202 Visitors use IE. But this is before marketing. Now we will be marketing a lot, but mostly with in the market of people who need websites. So I guess this percentage may differ.

Yes, This is one concern.

I did not understand what you meant here. Can you rephrase.

 

None wants to lose visitors but i think dropping support for IE6 from developers is a good way to get its percentage to zero...

 

I use no templates-only approach, but one of CMS (DLE in my case).
Haven't any complaint's from anyone ~ being unable to load my sites
properly, so point is - find engine (not just new template). PHP-Nuke,
sPaiZ-Nuke, Mambo/Joomla, WordPress, some other systems was my
way of trial-&-error, your's may be different. GL on testing routines.

 

I would forget ie 6 users unless they are the bread and butter of your business. They likely are not. Put a link on your site with a link to upgrade, or if you want to placate them, meddle around with the horizontal padding ( take out as much as you can for IE users and use relative positioning where possible ) in the template of your CMS. Good luck.

 

I decided to wait for 1-2 more months to see if IE6 users are dropping and then decide.

Anyways thanks for your help!

 

There are so many problems with IE 6 these days. I would follow the advice of the other guys and just drop it and forget IE6 users.