(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);

	if (jQuery.browser.msie && (ie55 || ie6)) {

		// 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')";
			}
		});

	}

	return jQuery;

};

})(jQuery);