fix footer

footer.js

@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-async function getFooter(footerPath) {
+function getFooter(footerPath) {
 	if (footerPath === undefined) {
-		//why the hell does js not have optional parameters for functions? 
-		footerPath = "/footer.html";
+		footerPath = "/footer.html"
 	}
-	console.log("sanity check much?");
-	console.log(footerPath)
-	footer = await fetch(footerPath);
-	footer = await footer.text();
-	document.getElementById("footer").innerHTML = footer;
+	//footer = await fetch(footerPath);
+	//footer = await footer.text();
+	// I have to use XMLHttpRequest for some godforsaken reason (to support IE)
+	var req = new XMLHttpRequest()
+	var onload = function() {
+		document.getElementById("footer").innerHTML = this.responseText;
+	}
+	req.addEventListener("load", onload)
+	req.open("GET", window.location.origin + footerPath)
+	req.send()
 }