IE 6 issues

Hello all, updated my web site everything looks finee on any browser except IE 6. tested site on IE 7 and it looks good.

Can’t figure out why I’m having this issue with IE6. I checked the IE6 / IE7 compatible on the inspector and still have issues.

web site is http://www.mantarayinteractive.net

thanks for any help appreciate it
Ray


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I see that you’re using PNG’s which IE6 can’t display properly. It can if it’s just a solid block with no rounded corners or transparency. On my IE6 version everything has a blue-ish background on it because of the PNG format. There are rather sloppy ways to adjust this and I know that Freeway attaches a PNGBehaviour.htc file but it doesn’t work for IE6.

That seems to be the problem.


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Yes, images are all in .png format and I need to have transparency on most images that I will be uploading. I can either have a main index page that states the website browser requirements or try to figure out how to fix the site so all browser versions can view it.

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Hi Ray

I am guessing you are talking about the png transparency IE6 problem. Because I haven’t got IE6 at home to check this out I am having to guess via view source. If this is what your problems are then I have written a small note below to the reason why it wont work for this awful browser and what to do about it.

IE 6 can be coerced into supporting 24bit transparent png images by the use of a special htc file and a clear gif. There are other methods though this is supported by Freeway and it has this function already built in. It can be turned on by using the compatibility option in document set up (compatible for ie6/7).

Unfortunately this will not work for transparent 24bit png backgrounds, in fact I have never found a reliable way around this. The route I take is to create a special style sheet just for the multitude of IE6 css hacks that I seem to have to deal with, but this may not be a viable route as its dependent on how you have designed your document.

This is just 1 issues concerning IE6 and it all stems back to the browser wars, and even though Microsoft one that battle over Netscape, it unfortunately hampered it’s adoption of the W3C standard. The good news is Freeway actually tackles a huge portion of the limitations that this browser throws at us, though this is one area that there seems to be no viable fix. The other good news is IE7 is no where near as bad as its predecessor though not as good as either Safari or Firefox with compliance (saying that even these browsers have there quirks) still it isn’t bad. The 3rd bit good news is this year was the first year that IE7 outstripped ie6 for popularity by a descent percentage so with a bit of luck in next fews years we should see this browser finally buried

So the result of all this is your going to have to choose whats best for you and your target audience.

  1. change how you have designed this document
  2. not worry about ie6 or
  3. make an alternative CSS styling just for ie6

it all comes down to how long you want to spend trying to fix particular problems

I hope this helps
…kind regards max


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Fix the problem. I think,
It has nothing to do with the png format of the images but something to do with the html box and graphics box I had around the top portion of the page and the html surrounding the navigation button. somehow I think it was the way I overlap the boxes. It is just a simple html box with borders. I appreciate everyones response, it help me look at the way I lay out the pages.

Thanks,
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