(function($) {

jQuery.fn.pngFix = function(settings) {

	// Settings
	settings = jQuery.extend({
		blankgif: 'blank.gif'
	}, settings);

	var ie55 = (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer" && parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 4 && navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 5.5") != -1);
	var ie6 = (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer" && parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 4 && navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 6.0") != -1 && navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 7.0") == -1);

	if (jQuery.browser.msie && (ie55 || ie6))
	{
		//fix images with png-source
		$("img[src$=.png]", this).each(function()
		{
			var $this = $(this);
			$this.attr('width',$this.width());
			$this.attr('height',$this.height());

			var prevStyle = '';
			var strNewHTML = '';
			var imgId = ($this.attr('id')) ? 'id="' + $this.attr('id') + '" ' : '';
			var imgClass = ($this.attr('class')) ? 'class="' + $this.attr('class') + '" ' : '';
			var imgTitle = ($this.attr('title')) ? 'title="' + $this.attr('title') + '" ' : '';
			var imgAlt = ($this.attr('alt')) ? 'alt="' + $this.attr('alt') + '" ' : '';
			var imgAlign = ($this.attr('align')) ? 'float:' + $this.attr('align') + ';' : '';
			var imgHand = ($this.parent().attr('href')) ? 'cursor:hand;' : '';
			if (this.style.border) {
				prevStyle += 'border:'+this.style.border+';';
				this.style.border = '';
			}
			if (this.style.padding) {
				prevStyle += 'padding:'+this.style.padding+';';
				this.style.padding = '';
			}
			if (this.style.margin) {
				prevStyle += 'margin:'+this.style.margin+';';
				this.style.margin = '';
			}
			var imgStyle = (this.style.cssText);

			strNewHTML += '<span '+imgId+imgClass+imgTitle+imgAlt;
			strNewHTML += 'style="position:relative;white-space:pre-line;display:inline-block;background:transparent;'+imgAlign+imgHand;
			strNewHTML += 'width:' + $this.width() + 'px;' + 'height:' + $this.height() + 'px;';
			strNewHTML += 'filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader' + '(src=\'' + $this.attr('src') + '\', sizingMethod=\'scale\');';
			strNewHTML += imgStyle+'"></span>';
			if (prevStyle != ''){
				strNewHTML = '<span style="position:relative;display:inline-block;'+prevStyle+imgHand+'width:' + $this.width() + 'px;' + 'height:' + $this.height() + 'px;'+'">' + strNewHTML + '</span>';
			}

			$this.hide();
			$this.after(strNewHTML);

		});

		// fix css background pngs
		jQuery(this).find("*").each(function(){
			var bgIMG = jQuery(this).css('background-image');
			if(bgIMG.indexOf(".png")!=-1){
				var iebg = bgIMG.split('url("')[1].split('")')[0];
				jQuery(this).css('background-image', 'none');
				jQuery(this).get(0).runtimeStyle.filter = "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='" + iebg + "',sizingMethod='scale')";
			}
		});
		
		//fix input with png-source
		jQuery(this).find("input[src$=.png]").each(function() {
			var bgIMG = jQuery(this).attr('src');
			jQuery(this).get(0).runtimeStyle.filter = 'progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader' + '(src=\'' + bgIMG + '\', sizingMethod=\'scale\');';
   		jQuery(this).attr('src', settings.blankgif)
		});
	
	}
	
	return jQuery;

};

})(jQuery);