diff --git a/filters/addsearch.xslt b/filters/addsearch.xslt
index aa8c581..f96db81 100644
--- a/filters/addsearch.xslt
+++ b/filters/addsearch.xslt
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@
     </xsl:copy>
   </xsl:template>
 
+  <!-- add HTML5 doctype -->
+  <xsl:template match="/xhtml:html">
+    <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;</xsl:text>
+    <xsl:copy>
+      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
+    </xsl:copy>
+  </xsl:template>
+
   <!-- pass through everything else -->
   <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
     <xsl:copy>
diff --git a/themes/asf/index.html.xslt b/themes/asf/index.html.xslt
index e7384b4..e286771 100644
--- a/themes/asf/index.html.xslt
+++ b/themes/asf/index.html.xslt
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
                   <xsl:value-of select="planet:name"/>
                 </a>
 
-                <xsl:if test="$posts">
+                <xsl:if test="$posts[string-length(atom:title) &gt; 0]">
                   <ul>
                     <xsl:for-each select="$posts">
                       <xsl:if test="string-length(atom:title) &gt; 0">
diff --git a/themes/asf/personalize.js b/themes/asf/personalize.js
index 0234a51..4f36d8a 100644
--- a/themes/asf/personalize.js
+++ b/themes/asf/personalize.js
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ function createCookie(name,value,days) {
 // read a cookie
 function readCookie(name) {
   var nameEQ = name + "=";
+  if (!document.cookie) return;
   var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
   for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
     var c = ca[i];