Trouble using transparent gif in a PVII Menu Magic 2 submenu

[kalwebs]

I am using PVII Menu Magic 2 to build a menu system that is image based. The submenu images have transparent backgrounds. When inserted into the menu, however, they display with a blue or black background. See attached page for a sample, under the "What's Hot" link here:
http://www.annaknowsnails.com/WD/Artificial.htm

I didn't have any luck searching PVII's KB or the Dreamweaver KB. I thought I'd ask here before emailing them directly. I'm not sur if I goofed something (very likely) or this extension pack just isn't compatible with transparent submenu images. If you have any ideas, I'd appreciate it.

Thank you!

Rebekah Schmitt http://www.annaknowsnails.com/WD/Artificial.htm

[Newsgroup_User]

It is best to mail us directly or to post on our news server. The
image-based style sheet, per the user guide, assumes you are using images
for just the root level. For the sub-levels you would need to make some
mods.

Remove the background color here:
.p7PMMv10 ul ul li {
background-image: none;
background-color: #27B6D4;
margin-bottom: 0px;
}

Remove padding, background color and borders here:

.p7PMMv10 ul ul a {
padding: 5px 12px;
color: #000 !important;
text-align: left;
background-color: #27B6D4;
border-top: 1px solid #43C1DC;
border-right: 1px solid #229DB7;
border-bottom: 1px solid #229DB7;
border-left: 1px solid #43C1DC;
}

Remove background color here:
.p7PMMv10 ul ul a:hover {
background-color: #000 !important;
color: #FFF !important;
background-image: none;
}


You might also want to validate your page.

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"kalwebs" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:gnvb0r$g15$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>I am using PVII Menu Magic 2 to build a menu system that is image based.
>The
> submenu images have transparent backgrounds. When inserted into the menu,
> however, they display with a blue or black background. See attached page
> for a
> sample, under the "What's Hot" link here:
> http://www.annaknowsnails.com/WD/Artificial.htm
>
> I didn't have any luck searching PVII's KB or the Dreamweaver KB. I
> thought
> I'd ask here before emailing them directly. I'm not sur if I goofed
> something
> (very likely) or this extension pack just isn't compatible with
> transparent
> submenu images. If you have any ideas, I'd appreciate it.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Rebekah Schmitt http://www.annaknowsnails.com/WD/Artificial.htm
>

[kalwebs]

Thanks, Al! 🙂 I tried to go to: forums.projectseven.com but it says 'under construction'? I haven't used the newsgroups in years, so it's probably that I was just accessing it wrong. Thanks for your reply! I'll give it a try.

Rebekah

[Newsgroup_User]

"kalwebs" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:gnvg44$lkb$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Thanks, Al! 🙂 I tried to go to: forums.projectseven.com but it says
> 'under
> construction'? I haven't used the newsgroups in years, so it's probably
> that I
> was just accessing it wrong. Thanks for your reply! I'll give it a try.
>

were you accessing it with a newsreader or a web browser? (use a
newsreader).

As an aside, you'll get a much better-looking navigation if you used a
transparent PNG instead of GIF. The GIF format only supports a single color
to define transparency - this will give you halos most of the time around
the the image. PNG supports 8-bit transparency which will give you
clean-looking transparencies (in the browsers that support it).