Transparancy Problem

[smilinjack]

Greetings,
I am a total novice on Version 9.01
I basicall use the program for adding text and making image backgrounds transparent for my pages.
At: www.equipmentpolice.com, the buttons in the middle of the page are the issue.
When I attempt to make the background transparent, the area around the perimiter does not become fully transparent and at that point I have to use the cut function to clear it up entirely, which is extremly tedious and never works 100%.
In some cases, where the background color is totally different than anything in the body of the button, it works easily; but that is rare!
I know there is an easier way to do this!
In the past I have hired techs to do this but having the program is kind of a waste if I keep going that route.
Your help is much appreciated.

Jack

[knotpicky]

Your site has a black background. Make your buttons with a black background, so that PSP can anti-alias the edges to black. That should make them nice and smooth.

What I usually do is make a new layer and fill it with the web page's background color. Using a new layer makes it easier for me when the website's background color or image changes. PSP by default makes backgrounds white when saving to GIF format, for transparent backgrounds.