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« on: December 21, 2009, 10:07:24 AM »
hi guys,

I need to fix a wee problem on this website....

http://www.aluminiumtipperbodies.co.uk/truck-body-types.html

in FF it's fine, but in IE7 (possibly other versions too), the hidden images are being displayed as a missing image (empty image with a red x).

Is there an easy way I can force IE to display nothing where an image cannot be found?

ps. needs to be in the page code rather than browser settings.

Thanks in advance.

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« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2009, 10:37:38 AM »
Had a look but can't help mate, sorry. I'd have to completely reverse engineer it since I can't remember the last time I used a rollover or a hidden elements.
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« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2009, 12:30:31 PM »
Thanks for looking, the designer who built that site isn't with us anymore so I can't just pass it over and say "fix this!".

Is the problem there in IE8 as well as IE7?
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« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2009, 02:14:26 PM »
I don't have IE8 (shock horror...), I'm more worried about backwards compatibility especially as IE8 is supposed to be closer to FF than in preious versions so as long as it looks ok in FF, IE 6 & 7 and opera, I'm happy.

Done a bit more googling on your problem but still no definitive answer, seems to be some kind of issue created by the JS and the CSS display:hidden mix though, that's where everything seems to point so I'd look there for an answer.
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« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2009, 03:55:55 PM »
You can use a hidden div like this:

<div style="visibility: hidden"><img src="images/image1.jpg" style="height: 1px; width: 1px;" /></div>

Why do you have those hidden images there in the first place? Knowling that might lead to a better solution.

BTW, the same image breaks appear in IE8.
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« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2009, 04:09:00 PM »
Quote from: HHI Golf Guy on December 21, 2009, 03:55:55 PM
...Why do you have those hidden images there in the first place?...

it's just so the image changes when one hovers over the links to the body types on that page, no reason other than eye candy.

The original designer of the site is no longer working for us, and the remaining designers are on their holidays already the part time slackers... spending their days looking at pictures and not doing any proper work blah blah rant  laugh then have 3 weeks off for xmas in San fransisco or Florida blah blah rant I'm not bitter  Undecided

it'll probably be easier to rebuild the on hover events rather than fix what we've got. but thanks for the advice and time... much appreciated.

...and boogaloodude... i don't have IE8 too, I've never been one for upgrading at the 1st opportunity... thinking about it, it wasn't too long ago I upgraded from IE6!
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« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2009, 04:30:43 PM »
Quote from: hawkwind dave on December 21, 2009, 04:09:00 PM
it's just so the image changes when one hovers over the links to the body types on that page, no reason other than eye candy.

OK, then you can also use CSS to set an absolute position that is not visible on the page:

#div {
position: absolute;
left: -200px;
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« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2009, 04:32:19 PM »
cool will give that a try. cheers  Cheesy
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