Transparent .png and IE6

[andrewlondon]

Hi,

i'm building a website for work and after getting it looking perfect have just realised that IE6 (crap) doesn't support transparent .png files.....

Is there any cheap hack to get these to display correctly as this is the only issue holding me up before launching it....There are a number of people at my company that will be viewing it in IE6 so i have to get this issue sorted.....

Thanks,
Andrew

[dab42pat]

cant you export your .png files as transparent .gif files using export wizard.

[Rakuli]

Yes This is annoying but there is light at the end of the tunnel by way of a javascript hack.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bobosola/

This should sort it out for you -- but as far as I know, there is no way to fix them if they have transparency and you use them as a background.

Cheers

[Rakuli]

Originally Posted by dab42pat

cant you export your .png files as transparent .gif files using export wizard.

.gif files don't support alpha transparency and a lot of the time look ugly and pixelated. png's work fine with no hacks if they don't use the transparency -- but I use them mostly for dropshadows over gradient backgrounds and couldn't live without them.

[andrewlondon]

Originally Posted by Rakuli

Yes This is annoying but there is light at the end of the tunnel by way of a javascript hack.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bobosola/

This should sort it out for you -- but as far as I know, there is no way to fix them if they have transparency and you use them as a background.

Cheers

This site did the trick! Excellent! Thanks very very much, i owe you a beer.

[andrewlondon]

That site was exactly what i was after.... thanks very much, i owe you a beer!

[alexgeek]

i'm thinking of denying access to my site if they have IE 6
that'll teach emm.
i tried the htc file to fix the transaprency issue before
didn't work :/

[Rakuli]

Originally Posted by andrewlondon

That site was exactly what i was after.... thanks very much, i owe you a beer!

** Rakuli takes the beer and sculls down in one breath - he needed that **

[HostingDeals]

I keep IE6 on my main computer to check these things. I hate how IE6 works with PNGs and even the javascript hack didn't work for me in one instance.

And cross browser compatibility of older browsers made me not use transparant PNGs for another year. When I see my stats say less than 10% use IE6 or older browsers, I'll switch.

[karinne]

The search feature should be your best friend

This thread in the Beginners Resources section should help

How to deal with PNG transparency in IE6