Transparent Background

I have a file with 2 layers, one (Layerone) that is blank, i.e. no fill or anything. The other layer (Layertwo) has text. I save the file as a .gif, select transparent, select matte as none, and keep getting a white background when I upload the file to my website.

I also tried copying the text Layer to the clipboard, creating a a new file with the background set as 'transparent', then pasting the text only layer into the new file. I still get the white background when I upload to website.

It can't be this hard to get a transparent background. What am I doing wrong?

I tried the same thing and was successful at creating the transparent gif. I didn't upload it to a site, but was wondering before I tried that if maybe your file IS transparent, it's just that you can't see it because of the white background of your page? Have you tried putting the gif file over something, like a patterned background?

just an idea....

dave

save for web -> .gif -> no dither

selecting no dither will remove the background and leave you with only your text and image layers.

you can also select this for saving as a png8