I have an svg which I want to render as a png with a transparent background for an image fallback.

It's hand coded, when I open it in Inkscape it's all messed up, though it works in all browsers is there another way to render it with a transparent background to make a png?

Hi.

You can try one of the many online converters.
A short list;
http://image.online-convert.com/convert-to-png
https://cloudconvert.com/svg-to-png
http://www.office-converter.com/SVG-to-PNG
(You might find a lot more doing a Google search.)

As Inkscape "chokes" on your "handmade" SVG image you might find that the online converter does the same.
To check your SVG code for "compatibility errors" you can use online checkers.
A short list;
http://validator.w3.org/
https://tools.wmflabs.org/svgcheck/
http://www.svgopen.org/2009/papers/45-SVG_Checker/

Another option is to install and use Imagemagic

Hello,

It seems it's solved by now, but wouldn't you share a sample of your "hand coded" svg?... perhaps it can be fixed on Inkscape...