Menu Background Disappearing

Hi!!
I was wondering if someone could help me with a Flash question. We had this menu designed for us:
Catalina
I am trying to update the menu in this fla file:
http://www.catalinasouthbeach.com/swf/catalina-menu-new.fla
But for some reason when I go to export the menu with my changes.....the striped background that is supposed to be there on the side disappears. It should look like this when it;s all put together:
Catalina Website
(Sorry for the loud music so early in the morning)
Am I editing the wrong file? I believe that intro is 2 Flash files put together but I could be wrong.....
Thank you!!
Allie

The reason the menu does not work in the about page is because there is no link to SpryMenuBar.js on the page.
The following shows the first few lines of your document for index.html
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<link rel= href="/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>B SHARP SYSTEMS | Company</title>
<link href="layout.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
and the following for about.html
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<link rel= href="/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>B SHARP SYSTEMS | Provider of highly scalable technology solutions located in California, USA</title>
<link href="layout.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style type="text/css">

</style>
<style type="text/css">

</style>
<link href="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
Gramps

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You need a width on the ul.MenuBarVertical style. Make it the same width as the ul.MenuBarVertical li selector.
Remove the float: none; from this style:
ul.MenuBarVertical ul li
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No such measurement as a half a pixel:
ul.MenuBarVertical ul
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If you want a border, 1px is minimum...you repeat this incorrect half-pixel in several places.
Running your page through the W3C Validator returned this: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthydirections.ca%2F&charset=%28dete ct+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0
Your initial errors are not declaring a DOCTYPE, which among other things, does not provide the browser with any information regarding how you want the code interpreted for your viewer. Some browsers guess well, some do not (IE).
This
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is insufficient.
Apply this in its place, and run through the validator again.
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OK, I'm back. Here are my steps for creating Custom Menus with PS, En and PrPro:
In PrPro, move the CTI (Current Time Indicator) to the desired Frame. Check Frames on either side, with the Program Monitor’s Magnification to 100%, or maybe even 200% (you’ll need to scroll, but get a really clear picture). You want the clearest Frame in that area. With AME, in CS4, you’ll want to Export that Frame as .TIFF, or .BMP. I use .TIFF for this.
Now, for a caveat. When you Import this Exported Frame into Photoshop, be sure to check the specs., especially the PAR. You may have to use Image>PAR to adjust this to match your Project’s specs. Or, all might be perfect - just check this out.
Now, at this point, I choose the Library Menu, Blank, so that everything is setup. One can create the Menu from scratch, but careful attention needs to be paid to the exact naming conventions. At the very least, unless you’ve done this dozens of times before, use that Blank Menu, or similar as a guide, so you get things done, as they must be done.
Using that Blank Menu, just drag the Layer from your Exported Frame to your Menu image. It will appear above the black Background.
Add, or manipulate your Button Layer Sets, as is required, keeping them together. Remember that Button #1 will be the Button Layer Set, that is lower down in the Layers Palette. This can play a roll with Button Routing, back in Encore. Lower Button Layer Sets will have lower Button numbers.
Now, I always rename my Button Layer Sets, keeping the required characters - just changing the name. I also do all of my Button text in PS, and make sure to turn OFF Sync Button Names.
When done, Save_As .PSD, and then Import_As_Menu into Encore. Note: if you start with the Blank Menu, you can choose Edit in Photoshop, and then when done in PS, you just need to Save, and it will update in Encore. This is a personal workflow choice. I do the Edit in Photoshop route, but it is not necessary. One just needs to Import the resulting .PSD into Encore with Import_As_Menu, so that Encore does all the things that it needs to and recognizes the .PSD as a Menu.
When deciding what to base your Menu on, remember that you can "populate" your Menu with Buttons from the Functional Content. I’d suggest studying these Assets, and picking the ones that work best for you. You can still alter/edit those back in PS, so you just need to "get close."
Pay special attention to the required naming conventions. You cannot deviate from those first characters in the Button Layer Sets. They MUST be followed.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask.
Good luck,
Hunt

Spry Menu background is white in IE

I've created a vertical Spry menu with submenus. The menu should not have a background color, so it should take the color of the image it's on top of. This looks fine on Safari (Mac) and Firefox (Mac/Windows), but on IE 8 (Windows), the menu background is WHITE. This makes it difficult to see the menu items. What can I do so that the menu background is transparent and does not show up white in IE?
The site: http://chrysacupuncture.com
I'm attaching index.html, my own css file, and the Spry css file.
Thanks for your help.

Actually, now that I look at it, I think one of your IE hacks might be malfunctioning:
/* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
@media screen, projection
     ul.MenuBarVertical li.MenuBarItemIE
          display: inline;
          f\loat: left;
          background: #FFF;
This is the bottom-most item in your CSS file. Notice the typo in the float:left and that it does indeed state a white background background:#FFF. I don't usually put IE hacks external CSS, you might try moving it to the main HTML file and using IECC. Place it in the header as you would if you had internal CSS:

I removed the background color altogether, but you may have to define one (I don't usually support IE5 so I'm not sure).
If you insist on having this hack externally, you can try placing the background: transparent in the first item of your CSS:
ul.MenuBarVertical
     margin: 0;
     padding: 0;
     list-style-type: none;
     font-size: 100%;
     cursor: default;
     width: 9em;
     padding-top: 80px;
     background: transparent;

Background disappears after adding a cross dissolve to a keyed clip.

I have a clip that has a Keying filter (as well as being cropped and scaled down) on it over a white background. After adding a Cross Dissolve to the keyed clip, the white background disappears for the duration of the Cross Dissolve, leaving a black background behind the keyed clip. This black background is present both in preview and after rendering.
Any advice?

not positive this will help, but try this:
remove the transition
right-click and sselect "make compound clip" (or Option G)
within the compound clip, drop a white solid under the keyed clip; do not place any transitions at either end of the compound clip.
return to your storyline / sequence
place your transition again and see if it's fixed
if you still do not have a clean dissolve, remove the transition and then click once on the compound clip and go to around 8 or 12 frames before the end and in the inspector, go to the opacity and add a keyframe and then arrow right to the frame before the last frame and add another keyframe and drag the opacity value to zero.

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