I finally discovered the solution. It's here:
http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/cb4f29c4b05133ab
set cleartypeNoBg: true and it's solved.
the transparency on the background was unnecessary to begin with.
On Aug 19, 12:15 pm, Liam Potter <radioactiv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, you have the bgcolor on bigimg set to transparent, meaning
> whatever is behind it will show through, so if that's the body, that's
> what you'll see. Just apply the colour you want it to be.
>
> I don't really understand the problem.
>
> theosoft wrote:
> > Here's a new problem and no idea how to fix it. I've tried every css
> > trick I could think of.
>
> > I had to set width and height on the container for the images for IE.
> > However, when I did that in my style sheet, it grabs the background
> > color of the body and puts it into the div.
>
> > I have no idea what's going on with this.
>
> > Here's my css for the div containing the images:
>
> > .bigimg
> > {
> > background:url(/images/ciu2009/ad_rot_shadow.png) bottom right no-
> > repeat transparent;
> > clear:both;
> > width:100%;
> > height:100%;
> > position:relative;
> > z-index:9;
>
> > }
>
> > css for body:
> > body
> > {
> > width:100%;
> > background-color:#312108;
> > z-index:0;
> > position:relative;
> > }
> > One site suggested cleartype, but I turned that off and the problem is
> > still there. This bug is showing up in IE8 and in compatibility mode
> > of IE8 (i.e. IE7).
>
> > Any thoughts or anyone else experience this. I need this solved ASAP.
