function correctPNG() // correctly handle PNG transparency in Win IE 5.5 & 6.
{	

   var arVersion = navigator.appVersion.split("MSIE")
   var version = parseFloat(arVersion[1])
   if ((version >= 5.5) && (document.body.filters)) 
   {
      for(var i=0; i<document.images.length; i++)
      {
         var img = document.images[i]
         var imgName = img.src.toUpperCase()
         if (imgName.substring(imgName.length-3, imgName.length) == "PNG")
         {
            var imgID = (img.id) ? "id='" + img.id + "' " : ""
            var imgClass = (img.className) ? "class='" + img.className + "' " : ""
            var imgTitle = (img.title) ? "title='" + img.title + "' " : "title='" + img.alt + "' "
            var imgStyle = "display:inline-block; vertical-align: top;" + img.style.cssText 
            if (img.align == "left") imgStyle = "float:left;" + imgStyle
            if (img.align == "right") imgStyle = "float:right;" + imgStyle
            if (img.parentElement.href) imgStyle = "cursor:hand;" + imgStyle
            var strNewHTML = "<span " + imgID + imgClass + imgTitle
            + " style=\"" + "width:" + img.width + "px; height:" + img.height + "px;" + imgStyle + ";"
            + "filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader"
            + "(src=\'" + img.src + "\', sizingMethod='scale');\"></span>" 
   			//alert(document.getElementById("frontCol2").style.height + " - " + img.src);
		   img.outerHTML = strNewHTML
            i = i-1
         }
      }
   }   
   

   fixDrops();
}
// this function fixes the heights of the drop shadows
function findTop(obj) {
	var curleft = curtop = 0;
	if (obj.offsetParent) {
		curleft = obj.offsetLeft;
		while (obj = obj.offsetParent) {
			curtop += obj.offsetTop;
		}
	}
	return curtop;
} 
function fixDrops() {

		if (document.getElementById("frontfiller")) {
			bodyheight = document.getElementById("bodytext").offsetHeight;
			fillertop = document.getElementById("frontfiller").offsetTop;
			bodytop = document.getElementById("bodytext").offsetTop;
			makeit = ((bodyheight + bodytop) - fillertop)
			//alert(fillertop + " - " + bodytop + " - " + bodyheight + " --" + makeit);
			//document.getElementById("frontfiller").style.height = makeit + "px";
		}
		if (document.getElementById("twoColA") && document.getElementById("frontfiller") ) {
			document.getElementById("column2").style.height = document.getElementById("column1").offsetHeight + "px";
			document.getElementById("frontfiller").style.height = "4000px";
		}
		// only perform the following on the twoColA layout
		if (document.getElementById("home")) {
			document.getElementById("frontCol2").style.height = document.getElementById("frontCol1").offsetHeight + "px";
			document.getElementById("frontCol3").style.height = document.getElementById("frontCol1").offsetHeight + "px";
		}



	document.getElementById("dropShadowLeft").style.height = document.getElementById("bodytext").offsetHeight + "px";
	document.getElementById("dropShadowRight").style.height = document.getElementById("bodytext").offsetHeight + "px";
		

	//alert(document.getElementById("bodytext").offsetHeight + "px");
}
//window.attachEvent("onload", correctPNG);