This is the perfect job for css 'sprites'. Basically, you use a single image for both button states (rather than two separate images) and use css background image positioning to show the two different states. Ideally, you should put all your non-repeating background images into a single sprites image (or perhaps a few depending on use) - you will get absolutely no flickering in this case.
http://css-tricks.com/css-sprites/ Also, if you haven't already, use the Firebug and YSlow Add-Ons in Firefox to weedle out front end performance issues - really easy to use and an eye opener to all these sorts of things. HTH Dominic 2009/12/4 Jessica Kennedy <[email protected]> > > I'm having some issues with the classic flickering images on rollover in IE > for one of my sites. here is a link to one of the pages: > directfighter.com/http://www.directfighter.com/calendar.cfm?tmonth=10&tyear=2009&pmtr=&srchst= > > I have tried caching the css page. this helped some on the gigantic > background image (which def. needs to be cached or something!), not so much > on the flicker for the rollovers. > > I have looked at doing the "preloaded image" thing, both the css version > where you load a single image with the different states, and using > javascript(idk maybe i did the js wrong??), but since I am going from no > image at all to a loaded image, pretty much all of those solutions are out > =( > > I also tried the "I give up" method, where I implemented a different css > for IE that simply filled in the bg with a color on hover. no good, still > flickering & uglier. I then had the thought that perhaps IE was looking > through the first css sheet, then looking into the second css, so this > solution may have been ever slower. sooo... I passed an "ie=1" param into > my first stylesheet and simply did an if statement to select either an > image or a background color... also a fail. > > I then called my hosting company, as I don't have access to IIS myself to > see if they could help- no. > > Yslow told me to add expirations to the images for faster loading, which > seems like it would work, but I have yet to find how to do this, although I > am sure it's extremely easy. > > > I feel like I am missing something very simple, that will make me roll my > eyes and want to scream for all the time i've dedicated to this... please > help-- any advice would be super! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:328898 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
