In developing a client’s simple web site (www.bobbyjmusic.com) I had the need to fix a bug in IE6 that doesn’t handle PNG transparency. There were a couple plugins that already existed, but it really messed with the layout that already existed.
So, I searched the internet (google is your friend). I came across the http://www.twinhelix.com website and implemented their code in my very first wordpress plugin.
After a couple days, I received some feedback from a user mentioning that it would be nice to be able to choose the PNG fix method between the 2 methods that twinhelix had produced. I figured it would be even better to provide a few options, and have made version 2.0 of the plugin. Version 2.0 gives you a choice of 3 different PNG fixes. If there is a popular fix method out there that you would like to see in the plugin, please drop a comment or contact me.
You can download the plugin by going to http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/hits-ie6-pngfix/
If you enjoy the plugin, please feel free to donate through PayPal.
Works great, thank you
Great idea and great plugin! I was actually going to build this but it seems you started before me. I have another plugin (live countdown timer) that i’m upgrading to make it transparent shortly, and i want to let you know that I will be referring people to your plugin to use it in case they want ie6 transparency to work with my plugin.
Thanks!
And keep up the good work!
Cip
Hi!
Great plugin! Do you have any plans on supporting DD_belatedPNG?
As I could see on this comparison if it’s not the best, it’s, at least, one of the smallest…
Hey,
Super plugin!! Works fine.
I had some trouble with the plugin because of my css file, but with excellent service it works great!
Thank you!
many thanks Sir
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Using this on a WP site for a client, great plugin, except that no matter which method I choose, all of my .png images are simply vanishing instead of having transparency work. Any ideas?
I cant seem to get this working in wordpress 2.8.4. I have tested the last commenter’s url too. I think it maybe a wordpress bug as I disabled plugins and tested my own conditional comments and that wouldn’t work either.
If you are having problems, check your theme. Some theme’s will have CSS that conflicts with any PNG fix in IE6. There have been a couple people experiencing this problem that I’ve helped.
Got it working my doing it manually but had to place it in stylesheet as conditional comments still do not work.
Hi!
I’ve tried this fix with the default theme of Wordpress 2.8.4 and it’s still not working. Are you sure it should work with this newest version of WP?
Tnx in advance.
I’m about to setup a new site. I’ll try it out there and see what may be conflicting.
Just thought you’d like to know that you can find SuperSleight at http://allinthehead.com/retro/338/supersleight-jquery-plugin – so you can add it to the credits.
It’s fantastic having all these options in one plugin – for my purposes DD_belatedPNG turned out to be the fastest and the best for background images. Thanks a lot.
Hi, thanks for the plugin, but I have the same problem with WP 2.8.4 as the plugin seems not to be working for now. I tried different methods. Any sugguestion? Thanks.
What is the URL of the site you are having problems with? Do the images still have the grey background or is the plugin causing problems with another plugin?
Hi Thanks, it’s http://www.doublejdesign.co.uk I tried on IE6, the grey background is still there.
Is this working on wp 2.8.4?
Yes, the plugin does work on 2.8.4, but it looks like many themes might interfere with it.
it’s does work in localhost.
but doesn’t work when it’s has been uploaded to my website.
see (with IE6)
http://ibad.bebasbelanja.com
Abdul, I had a look at your website, and it the problem may be the way you are defining your image as the background….but most likely it is because your are applying your styling after the fix is applied. Move your css files to be before the HITS-IE6 PNGFix is executed in HEAD.
Jack, I had a look at your site, and your HEAD has an unusually little amount of code in there. Check to see if your theme is allowing wordpress to place it’s code into your HTML.
Thanks a lot for this. As I wrote the them by myself. I am not so sure probably I missed something. Could you tell me which code should be put into the html. Thanks.
At the least you will probably want wp_head() to echo out it’s code. I have it just prior to the HEAD tags in HTML.
Hi Adam
Thanks for putting in the hard work on this plugin. Unfortunately, I’m having trouble getting it to work with any of the available methods. A gray background still appears within IE6.
I assume that it’s a problem with my child theme or the css file. What should I look for in order to correct the problem? My site is http://www.greggwatt.com/crossline.
Thanks.
Great plugin. The only problem i am having is that twin helix v2.0 hides some background png images. not sure why.
Unfortunately, not all methods work for all people. If were that easy, there would be only one!
hello,
i have made a french translation for the ie6 png fix but don’t know how to send it to you
I’ll send you an email so you have my address. Thanks for the translation work!
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