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All these CSS are used in a conditional CSS file for IE 6 to ensure CSS validity as some of the properties used here are proprietary to the IE 6 browser. <\/p>\n

\r\n<!--[if IE 6]>\r\n<link rel="stylesheet" type="text\/css" href="ie6.css" \/>\r\n<![endif]-->\r\n<\/pre>\n
Setting an opacity<\/strong><\/p>\n
\r\n.transparency {\r\n   filter: alpha(opacity=50);\r\n}<\/pre>\n
Change the link to a hand cursor<\/strong><\/p>\n
\r\na.link {\r\n   cursor: pointer;\r\n}<\/pre>\n
Get rid of double margin bug by adding display:inline to a block level element<\/strong><\/p>\n
\r\n#sidebar {\r\n   float: left;\r\n   margin-left: 20px;\r\n   width: 300px;\r\n   display: inline;\r\n}<\/pre>\n
Ensure proper positioning of list items<\/strong><\/p>\n
\r\nul li {\r\n   display: inline-block;\r\n}<\/pre>\n
Hide extra spaces and padding<\/strong><\/p>\n
\r\n#header {\r\n   height: 10px;\r\n   overflow: hidden;\r\n}<\/pre>\n
Bring a layer on top of other layers<\/strong><\/p>\n
\r\n#close {\r\n   position: absolute;\r\n   z-index: 50;\r\n}<\/pre>\n
Resolve float issue in IE6 by triggering hasLayout property<\/strong><\/p>\n
\r\n#content {\r\n   zoom: 1;\r\n}<\/pre>\n
PNG transparency in IE6 (uses IEPNGFix<\/a> code)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\r\n#background {\r\n   behavior: url(iepngfix.htc);\r\n}<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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