using transparant backgrounds...

[rossable]

if you cant avoid it being a child element then make sure the colors you use are high contrast so it isn't as noticeable that your text is a little translucent.

thanks for the quote in your sig. not sure i can take credit for it... but it's flattering anyway.

[lowen.f]

Originally Posted by rossable

if you cant avoid it being a child element then make sure the colors you use are high contrast so it isn't as noticeable that your text is a little translucent.

thanks for the quote in your sig. not sure i can take credit for it... but it's flattering anyway.

well the moment I read the quote, I was really frustrated with myself and when I read it, it was like.. "holy **** he's so right. I do that all the time" So maybe I should loosen up more and be less of a critic towards myself.

In the meantime, I'm not going to use transparency, untill I found a proper solution

[doodlebee]

Hopefully I'm not too late on this one, but you can certainly use a partially transparent PNG on a site, and have it work fine in IE6. You just need to use a conditional comment to call in the extra stylesheet to override the default, and insert the IE-only AlphaImageLoader to display it properly. You just have to be careful - you have to be sure you don't have the outer container (that the background is set in) with any position setting, and be sure any anchor tags have a position:relative setting - otherwise your links will cease to function.

Just thought I'd pass that along - it works very well, looks nice, and is definitely much lighter code than trying to use the opacity filter.