diff --git a/build/html2canvas.js b/build/html2canvas.js
index 4b0a24a..0bf22c4 100644
--- a/build/html2canvas.js
+++ b/build/html2canvas.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ function html2canvas(el, userOptions) {
         ready: function (canvas) {
             document.body.appendChild(canvas);
         },
+        iframeDefault: "default",
         flashCanvasPath: "http://html2canvas.hertzen.com/external/flashcanvas/flashcanvas.js",
         renderViewport: false		
     });
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ function html2canvas(el, userOptions) {
     this.fontData = [];
     this.ignoreElements = "IFRAME|OBJECT|PARAM";
     
-  
+    this.ignoreRe = new RegExp("("+this.ignoreElements+")");
     
     // test how to measure text bounding boxes
     this.useRangeBounds = false;
@@ -434,8 +435,8 @@ html2canvas.prototype.newElement = function(el){
 			
 
     /*
-         *  TODO add support for different border-style's than solid   
-         */            
+     *  TODO add support for different border-style's than solid   
+     */            
     var borders = this.getBorderData(el);    
             
     this.each(borders,function(borderSide,borderData){
@@ -473,7 +474,18 @@ html2canvas.prototype.newElement = function(el){
                 
     });
 
-     
+
+
+    if (this.ignoreRe.test(el.nodeName) && this.opts.iframeDefault != "transparent"){ 
+        if (this.opts.iframeDefault=="default"){
+            bgcolor = "#efefef";
+            /*
+             * TODO write X over frame
+             */
+        }else{
+            bgcolor = this.opts.iframeDefault;           
+        }
+    }
                
     // draw base element bgcolor       
     this.newRect(
@@ -546,13 +558,15 @@ html2canvas.prototype.getImages = function(el) {
         
     var self = this;
     
-    // TODO remove jQuery dependancy
-    this.each($(el).contents(),function(i,element){    
-        var ignRe = new RegExp("("+this.ignoreElements+")");
-        if (!ignRe.test(element.nodeName)){
-            self.getImages(element);
-        }
-    })
+    if (!this.ignoreRe.test(el.nodeName)){
+        // TODO remove jQuery dependancy
+        this.each($(el).contents(),function(i,element){    
+            var ignRe = new RegExp("("+this.ignoreElements+")");
+            if (!ignRe.test(element.nodeName)){
+                self.getImages(element);
+            }
+        })
+    }
           
     if (el.nodeType==1 || typeof el.nodeType == "undefined"){
         var background_image = this.getCSS(el,'background-image');
@@ -826,8 +840,8 @@ html2canvas.prototype.trim = function(text) {
  
     
 html2canvas.prototype.parseElement = function(element){
-    var _ = this;
-    this.each(element.children,function(index,el){		
+    var _ = this;    
+    this.each(element.children,function(index,el){	   
         _.parsing(el);	
     });
         
@@ -838,13 +852,15 @@ html2canvas.prototype.parseElement = function(element){
 
         
 html2canvas.prototype.parsing = function(el){
-        
-    var ignRe = new RegExp("("+this.ignoreElements+")");
+    
     var _ = this;
-    if (!ignRe.test(el.nodeName)){
+    
+    this.newElement(el);
+   
+    if (!this.ignoreRe.test(el.nodeName)){
             
          		
-        this.newElement(el);
+        
         // TODO remove jQuery dependancy
 
         var contents = $(el).contents();
diff --git a/src/Core.js b/src/Core.js
index dab6770..4536036 100644
--- a/src/Core.js
+++ b/src/Core.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ function html2canvas(el, userOptions) {
         ready: function (canvas) {
             document.body.appendChild(canvas);
         },
+        iframeDefault: "default",
         flashCanvasPath: "http://html2canvas.hertzen.com/external/flashcanvas/flashcanvas.js",
         renderViewport: false		
     });
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ function html2canvas(el, userOptions) {
     this.fontData = [];
     this.ignoreElements = "IFRAME|OBJECT|PARAM";
     
-  
+    this.ignoreRe = new RegExp("("+this.ignoreElements+")");
     
     // test how to measure text bounding boxes
     this.useRangeBounds = false;
diff --git a/src/Draw.js b/src/Draw.js
index 505d44a..e021da2 100644
--- a/src/Draw.js
+++ b/src/Draw.js
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ html2canvas.prototype.newElement = function(el){
 			
 
     /*
-         *  TODO add support for different border-style's than solid   
-         */            
+     *  TODO add support for different border-style's than solid   
+     */            
     var borders = this.getBorderData(el);    
             
     this.each(borders,function(borderSide,borderData){
@@ -57,7 +57,18 @@ html2canvas.prototype.newElement = function(el){
                 
     });
 
-     
+
+
+    if (this.ignoreRe.test(el.nodeName) && this.opts.iframeDefault != "transparent"){ 
+        if (this.opts.iframeDefault=="default"){
+            bgcolor = "#efefef";
+            /*
+             * TODO write X over frame
+             */
+        }else{
+            bgcolor = this.opts.iframeDefault;           
+        }
+    }
                
     // draw base element bgcolor       
     this.newRect(
diff --git a/src/Images.js b/src/Images.js
index d32f741..42f74ae 100644
--- a/src/Images.js
+++ b/src/Images.js
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@ html2canvas.prototype.getImages = function(el) {
         
     var self = this;
     
-    // TODO remove jQuery dependancy
-    this.each($(el).contents(),function(i,element){    
-        var ignRe = new RegExp("("+this.ignoreElements+")");
-        if (!ignRe.test(element.nodeName)){
-            self.getImages(element);
-        }
-    })
+    if (!this.ignoreRe.test(el.nodeName)){
+        // TODO remove jQuery dependancy
+        this.each($(el).contents(),function(i,element){    
+            var ignRe = new RegExp("("+this.ignoreElements+")");
+            if (!ignRe.test(element.nodeName)){
+                self.getImages(element);
+            }
+        })
+    }
           
     if (el.nodeType==1 || typeof el.nodeType == "undefined"){
         var background_image = this.getCSS(el,'background-image');
diff --git a/src/Traversing.js b/src/Traversing.js
index 983814c..49a93b3 100644
--- a/src/Traversing.js
+++ b/src/Traversing.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
  
     
 html2canvas.prototype.parseElement = function(element){
-    var _ = this;
-    this.each(element.children,function(index,el){		
+    var _ = this;    
+    this.each(element.children,function(index,el){	   
         _.parsing(el);	
     });
         
@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@ html2canvas.prototype.parseElement = function(element){
 
         
 html2canvas.prototype.parsing = function(el){
-        
-    var ignRe = new RegExp("("+this.ignoreElements+")");
+    
     var _ = this;
-    if (!ignRe.test(el.nodeName)){
+    
+    this.newElement(el);
+   
+    if (!this.ignoreRe.test(el.nodeName)){
             
          		
-        this.newElement(el);
+        
         // TODO remove jQuery dependancy
 
         var contents = $(el).contents();
diff --git a/tests/external-content.html b/tests/external-content.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6b7a02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/external-content.html
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+    <head>
+        <title>External content tests</title>
+        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
+        <link href="#" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"> 
+
+        <script type="text/javascript" src="../external/jquery-1.6.2.js"></script>
+        <script type="text/javascript" src="../build/html2canvas.js"></script>
+        <script type="text/javascript" src="../build/jquery.plugin.html2canvas.js"></script>
+        <script type="text/javascript">
+            $(window).ready(function() {       
+                $('body').html2canvas();
+            });
+        </script>
+
+
+    </head>
+    <body>         
+        <h1>Iframe</h1>
+        <iframe src="http://www.google.com" style="width:400px;height:300px;border:5px solid black;"></iframe>
+    </body>
+</html>