[Plugin: NIVO slider light] Slider Does Not Go To Hyperlink!

I found that the hyperlinks work in FireFox but NOT in IE9. They also do not work in IE9 set to compatibility mode. The code for my slider is now:

<div class="nivoSlider" style="height: 310px; width: 425px;">
<a href="https://www.goodnewsjail.org/international" class="nivo-imageLink" target="_self" ><img src="https://www.goodnewsjail.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/foreign1.jpg" alt="test" /></a>
<a href="https://www.goodnewsjaail.org/international" class="nivo-imageLink" target="_self" ><img src="https://www.goodnewsjail.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/allcontinents.jpg" alt="" /></a>
<a href="https://www.goodnewsjail.org/international" class="nivo-imageLink" target="_self" ><img title="" src="https://www.goodnewsjail.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sunneversets.jpg" alt="" /></a>
<a href="https://www.goodnewsjail.org/national" class="nivo-imageLink" target="_self" ><img title="" src="https://www.goodnewsjail.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/US.jpg" alt="" /></a>
</div>

I found a discussion about this at:

The solution was to put a background image as suggested into the css for the nivo slider as follows:a. The css is found in the wp-content\plugins\nivo-slider-light folder. The image should also be placed in the same folder.

.nivoSlider a.nivo-imageLink {
 position:absolute;
top:0px;
left:0px;
width:100%;
height:100%;
border:0;
padding:0;
margin:0;
z-index:6;
background: url(/images/spacer.gif);

}

Ooops. The discussion mentioned above was at:

https://support.dev7studios.com/discussions/nivo-slider/13-hyperlinks-not-working-on-slider-images

Resolved per the above.