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Transparent PNG's
« on: 21 October 2009, 21:39:00 »
Hi guys

Silly question but how do you make transparent png's display correctly in Internet Explorer 6.

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Re: Transparent PNG's
« Reply #1 on: 22 October 2009, 08:14:17 »
My preferred answer to this is to use .gif transparency wherever possible in IE6.  If you really must use .png, then you'll need an IE6 png transparency fix
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Re: Transparent PNG's
« Reply #2 on: 22 October 2009, 09:23:50 »
My preferred answer to this is to use .gif transparency wherever possible in IE6.  If you really must use .png, then you'll need an IE6 png transparency fix

Ah thanks NB.  I had already found this but was sorting of hoping that there was a simpler method.
I have attached a screenshot of my latest project idea.  The design is pretty reliant on alpha transparencies.
I am making a little mini-site for my business studies students.  I am trying to get across the idea of a sheet of note paper out of my file.  This is proving more difficult than I imagined though.  Getting the text to apprear just above the lines is rather difficult.  Anyway, there is a transparent plastic ruler at the bottom of the page and the menu will be in the right hand column a torn of sheet of thin (slightly transparent paper).
I think I probably just create a second style sheet for IE6 and lower that uses simpler gifs.  It definately does not look quiet right but it will work, I think.

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Re: Transparent PNG's
« Reply #3 on: 22 October 2009, 11:07:05 »
Hi Car, unless you really have to make things transparent for ie6 I'd just slice up some non-transparent versions instead.

 


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