[jeeya]

Thanks. been checking both but don't see anything in there regarding background -

here is code for product thumbnail -

{* $Id: product_thumbnail_cust.tpl,v 1.1 2006/01/19 13:35:09 max Exp $ *}
<table cellspacing="0" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
	<td class="ProductBorder">
{include file="product_thumbnail.tpl" productid=$_imageid|default:$product.productid image_x=$config.Appearance.thumbnail_width product=$product.product tmbn_url=$product.tmbn_url}
{if $active_modules.Special_Offers ne "" and $product.have_offers}
{include file="modules/Special_Offers/customer/product_offer_thumb.tpl"}
{/if}
	</td>
</tr>
</table>

************ solved - just deteted Table (placed code out of table)