menu

[keithkerriekate]

http://www.hrasti.com/
i'd like to make a menu like this site, how can i make it transparent
like that ? thanks, keith

 

[Neredbojias]

http://www.hrasti.com/
i'd like to make a menu like this site, how can i make it transparent
like that ? thanks, keith

Use a background image with an inherent transparency and put it in an
appropriate container.

 

[rf]

http://www.hrasti.com/
i'd like to make a menu like this site, how can i make it transparent

Make it out of gifs that "appear" to be transparaent.

like that ? thanks, keith

Like that:
http://www.hrasti.com/img/bg_contacts.gif

 

[Edwin van der Vaart]

Make it out of gifs that "appear" to be transparaent.

What's better a gif file or a png file?
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[Jim Moe]

What's better a gif file or a png file?

A GIF. IE has problems with PNGs that have transparencies. Which is a
giant PITA since GIFs have a limited color range.
There is a workaround using a MS proprietary function. Search for "png
transparency ie alpha channel."

 

[Blinky the Shark]

A GIF. IE has problems with PNGs that have transparencies. Which is
a giant PITA since GIFs have a limited color range.

I realize there are lots of IE6 systems out there to contend with, but:
has MS not even fixed that in IE7?

 

[Adrienne Boswell]

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Blinky the Shark

I realize there are lots of IE6 systems out there to contend with, but:
has MS not even fixed that in IE7?

Yes

 

[Edwin van der Vaart]

A GIF. IE has problems with PNGs that have transparencies. Which is a
giant PITA since GIFs have a limited color range.

I didn't know that. I normally used PNG's for images and never thought
that IE have problems with it. @#$%&! stupid MS.
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[Blinky the Shark]

I didn't know that. I normally used PNG's for images and never thought
that IE have problems with it. @#$%&! stupid MS.

Looks like MS has been aware of the issue back at least to IE 5.5.

http://webfx.eae.net/dhtml/pngbehavior/pngbehavior.html

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294714

 

[Edwin van der Vaart]

Looks like MS has been aware of the issue back at least to IE 5.5.

http://webfx.eae.net/dhtml/pngbehavior/pngbehavior.html

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294714

Thanks mate.
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[Blinky the Shark]

Thanks mate.

Note that I wasn't recommending the MS kludge. I was only showing that
that was the most they did with the problem for years, being MS.

 

[Bergamot]

IE has problems with PNGs that have transparencies.

That isn't entirely true. IE has problems with png alpha transparency.
Not all transparencies need the alpha channel.

Which is a
giant PITA since GIFs have a limited color range.

You can get the same result as gif with png, just use an indexed
transparency instead of the alpha channel. Same 256 colors as gif. I do
it all the time.

There is a workaround using a MS proprietary function. Search for "png
transparency ie alpha channel."

FYI, this does require ActiveX enabled to work, so be warned.

 

[Edwin van der Vaart]

Note that I wasn't recommending the MS kludge. I was only showing that
that was the most they did with the problem for years, being MS.

I know you don't recommending the MS kludge. But still thanks mate.
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