On 11/02/2008, at 6:47 PM, Karl Hardisty wrote: On 8/02/2008, at 5:10 AM, Geoffrey Hoffman wrote:
I am fairly certain that the PNG alpha trick that dynamically places a filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader on your site's png files does not work on repeating backgrounds. Search on IE6 transparent png on google and there's hundreds of helpful articles. If your site uses a solid background color you can use flattened gif files. ie render the drop shadow into the background color. ______________________________________________________________________ No, the technique does not work with repeating backgrounds. I have given google a bashing over this (even before appealing to the list) and have tried various hacks, including the php hack, Dean Edwards IE7 (which includes one of the popular hacks), and several other approaches, including spending time with z-index values due to flattening the image causing all background properties to come through. The issue is the background of the page has an image set, and PNG24 in supporting browsers seems to be the only way to achieve what I want. Karl ______________________________________________________________________ I'd like to thank everyone on the list for their suggestions and pointers. http://mothership.co.nz/reduction As can be seen, the layout is now working, thanks to the help of Rob @ drunkenfist.com. Adding to the issue was the fact that one of the things I had forgotten in the past three years is how tenaciously IE caches. I hit upon the solution several days before I realised, but because of IE's grip, didn't realise this! Like the existing, the new site design will use conditional commenting for ~IE6, however, IE7 can finally stand on its' own two feet (if somewhat unsteadily). Essentially, since all other techniques I found were unable to repeat a background png, the one in use - http://www.drunkenfist.com/ 304/2007/04/04/cross-browser-png-transparency-part-2/ - utilises IE's alphaimageloader to 'scale' to fit the 1px high PNG to whatever height is required. Perfect for what I wanted it for. Regards, Karl http://mothership.co.nz ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
