On 24 Mar 2008, at 5:14am, Alan Gresley wrote: > Holly Bergevin wrote: > >> From: Ian Piper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>>>> http://www.tellura.co.uk/index.php >>>> >>>>> As you can see, the image used for the background for the left >>>>> sidebar doesn't display in three-column mode and the content >>>>> column's >>>>> white background doesn't fill the space unless the content is >>>>> longer >>>>> than the sidebars. But only for IE6, and only when there is no >>>>> right >>>>> sidebar. >> >> Ian, is it possible that the problem is the images for the faux >> columns? They are .png; do they have 32-bit transparency applied? >> >> It looks to me (and I could be all wet) like when the right side is >> "painted," since the image is as wide as the container, then the >> background of the left side of the page (everything left of the >> right blue column) gets covered by the image, which shows gray on >> my machine, and reminds me of .png transparency issues in IE. >> >> Have you tried 8-bit transparency, or a .gif for those faux columns >> instead of the .png? >> >> ~holly > > Hi Holly, this is indeed what is happening. The image on the right > is covering the left image. I have put my offline test online now. > > <http://css-class.com/x/tellura/> > > The image on the #rightfauxcol div is now transparent gif. The only > fix I applied to IE6 was. > > #leftfauxcol, #rightfauxcol {height:1%} > > These fixes are buried in the embedded in [if gte IE 6] conditional > comments in the header. > > Ian would you have happen to have download IE8 as an overwrite of > IE7? If so those [if lte IE 6] will not be seen by your standalone > version of IE6. If not remember to change the conditional comments > from [if gte IE 6] to [if lte IE 6] or you will targeting IE8 as > well. If you want to use conditional comments for importing style > sheets for IE why not use just [if lte IE 7] and separate IE6 from > IE7 rules by using * html within the same style sheets.
Holly, Alan, Georg, That is it. Thank you so much for getting to the bottom of this. Once again I am in awe of the skill and readiness of people on this list to help others. More power to your collective elbows. Regards, Ian. -- (BTW I have not downloaded IE8, but will make a note of your suggestions for when I do). ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
