I'm trying to add transparency to my menu bar (in the header). The menu tab shows transparency but the mouseover is black. This has happened when I've tried to use PNG's for mouseover on coffeecup before.
Here is the URL for my temp site. http://thruwayspring.coffeecup.com/
Any idea what the problem could be?
Thanks!
-Kate.
K B
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paintbrush
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Hi KB,
A really easy way to get around this would be to set your link colors in VSD's Settings (Standard Settings for New Pages). Since your links are text (rather than fancy buttons of some sort), you can skip the PNG/mouseover issue altogether.
A really easy way to get around this would be to set your link colors in VSD's Settings (Standard Settings for New Pages). Since your links are text (rather than fancy buttons of some sort), you can skip the PNG/mouseover issue altogether.
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K B
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Thanks Paintbrush.
My header has an image on it and my sidebar has a gradient background colour (the background for each menu tab would have to be changed every time I move them), so I do need them to be transparent. Eric's progrower site has an option for transparent gif's. Seems there might be a problem with PNG's.
My header has an image on it and my sidebar has a gradient background colour (the background for each menu tab would have to be changed every time I move them), so I do need them to be transparent. Eric's progrower site has an option for transparent gif's. Seems there might be a problem with PNG's.
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My header has an image on it and my sidebar has a gradient background colour
...which is why I would use text links. You can position them over the other page elements without worrying about transparency and let your default link styles change the color on hover.
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SadDuck
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You don't have transparent png buttons for your menu. I looked at the source code for your page and it is loading .jpg buttons on mouseover. Need to make sure you have .png buttons loading.
<div class="Object1982"><a href="index.html" onMouseOver='img_mo0.src="files/mo_home.jpg"' onMouseOut='img_mo0.src="files/home.png"'><img src="files/home.png" name="img_mo0" alt="" width="50px" height="30px"></a></div>
<div class="Object1982"><a href="index.html" onMouseOver='img_mo0.src="files/mo_home.jpg"' onMouseOut='img_mo0.src="files/home.png"'><img src="files/home.png" name="img_mo0" alt="" width="50px" height="30px"></a></div>
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david wilson
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Yes, your hover over png's have a black background instead of being transparent. I have limited experience with VSD (I'm an old school guy) so this is as far as my diagnosis goes 
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K B
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OOOOH. sorry paintbrush I misunderstood what you were saying. Didn't think about using text without the button. Will try that. Will still need to use PNG/ GIF later on, so will be good to know how to do that too.
K B
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David- I have spoken with support and it seems to be something they're working on fixing. My mouseover image is actually transparent, so not sure why it's appearing that way.
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Need to just change that 'mo_home.jpg' button to a transparent .png button and you'll be fixed. Do that for every button you are using.
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paintbrush
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Here's an example, just hover over the links:
http://ccd.coffeecup.com/Page5.html
http://ccd.coffeecup.com/Page5.html
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