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#1 2003-10-28 8:25 am
PNG support
I'm making my new site, and I'm relying heavily on PNGs because I need the 32 bit transparency. Most browsers handle them OK, but not IE on a PC. Instead of transparency, all I see is a neutral gray where there should be nothing.
Even odder, this only occurs on the PNGs I uploaded. I've got PHP and GD creating dynamic PNGs, and those show up perfectly - transparency and all.
I don't mind the fact that older browsers can't see my site (they couldn't handle the CSS / JavaScript anyway) but 80% of the world uses IE PC...
Is there any way to improve compatibility? Save the images differently or something? Or perhaps run all PNGs through GD... any suggestions?
Basseq is me, John Whittet.
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#3 2003-10-28 1:12 pm
Re: PNG support
This should be a sticky. I asked first, and since then, it's been asked at least four more times.
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#4 2003-10-28 5:43 pm
- Aqua OS X
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Re: PNG support
Woh, that's a cool link
If only I wouldn't taken the time to search for this on google... then perhaps I wouldn't have had to compromise a few designs of mine.
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#5 2003-10-28 6:49 pm
Re: PNG support
On that page there is also to a modifed version that handles transparency in backgrounds as well ( http://allinthehead.com )
Sleight works great, it is does slow things down a tiny bit in IE6 because it rerenders the page, but it is worth it for the flexibiliy.
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#6 2003-10-28 9:04 pm
- TonyPrevite
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Re: PNG support
Stickyfied 
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#7 2003-10-28 9:50 pm
Re: PNG support
Awesome! Thanks for the link Scott!
Sorry I didn't search... I didn't remember it every coming up as a topic before. 
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