/* Correctly handle PNG transparency in Win IE 5.5 & 6. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bobosola. Updated 18-Jan-2006. Use in with DEFER keyword wrapped in conditional comments: */ function correctPNG() { var arVersion = navigator.appVersion.split("MSIE") var version = parseFloat(arVersion[1]) if ((version >= 5.5) && (version < 7) && (document.body.filters)) //IE 7 directly supports png transparency { var myImages = document.getElementsByTagName("img") for (var i=0; i < myImages.length; i++) { var currentSrc = myImages[i].src //this might pick up a couple of images that aren't PNGs, but that won't matter if (currentSrc.indexOf("png") != -1) { //also, if any of your PNG file paths don't contain "PNG", substitute this line with "if (true) {" myImages[i].style.filter = "filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader (src=\"" + myImages[i].src + "\")" } } } } window.attachEvent("onload", correctPNG) //not cross-browser compatible, but hey--all we're dealing with is IE5.5/6.0 =)