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Aureole

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It looks like I'm posting a huge topic but if you take a quick look it's not really that much...just in case you were thinking OMG.

 

Ok here's the thing I have like...

 

    <div id="steps">
        <div id="stepone">
        </div>
        <div id="steptwo">
        </div>
        <div id="stepthree">
        </div>
    </div>

 

then the CSS for those divs is...

 

#steps
{
background: #2C2C2C;
width: 900px;
height: 46px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

#stepone
{
background: #2C2C2C url(img/orange/stepone.png) left no-repeat;
width: 300px;
height: 46px;
float: left;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

#steptwo
{
background: #2C2C2C url(img/orange/steptwo.png) left no-repeat;
width: 300px;
height: 46px;
float: left;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

#stepthree
{
background: #2C2C2C url(img/orange/stepthree.png) left no-repeat;
width: 300px;
height: 46px;
float: left;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

 

Now I need to make it so steps 1, 2 and 3 each are a link...the way I have done this is buy making a transparent .png called invisible and doing the following:

 

    <div id="steps">
        <div id="stepone">
        <a href="#"><img src="img/orange/invisible.png" /></a>
        </div>
        <div id="steptwo">
        <a href="#"><img src="img/orange/invisible.png" /></a>
        </div>
        <div id="stepthree">
        <a href="#"><img src="img/orange/invisible.png" /></a>
        </div>
    </div>

 

While this works perfectly in modern browsers I know there are quite a few that don't support transparent pngs...what can I do. :(

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Since you're setting a width and height for each div, give each link a class and set the width and height on it as well. Then, you won't have to use a transparent image and you'll only need a  

 

Why can't you just use the image in the link instead of putting it in the background?

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The thing with the class with the height and the   didn't work...

 

    <div id="steps">
        <div id="stepone">
        <a href="#" class="steps"> </a>
        </div>
        <div id="steptwo">
        <a href="#" class="steps"> </a>
        </div>
        <div id="stepthree">
        <a href="#" class="steps"> </a>
        </div>
    </div>

 

a.steps:link
{
height: 46px;
width: 300px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

 

Only the area with the   works as a link.

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You could "hack" it like this.

 

<html>
<head>
<style>

#imginbg {
background: url('magazine_ad.png');
width: 225px;
height: 228px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
#imginbg a.foo {
padding-right: 222px;
padding-bottom: 210px;
text-decoration: none;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div id="imginbg">
<a class="foo" href="#"> </a>
</div>

</body>
</html>

 

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