Thank you! I am getting so much closer and appreciate your patience.
So, I have wrapped the link like so:
{if $usertype eq "C"} <IMG src="skin1/images/shopping.gif" width="117" height="44" border="0" alt="Go Shopping>{/if}
The image shows perfectly, but I know I haven't done this quite correctly because the if statement shows on the customer menu and the whole code shows in the admin menu. Obviously I didn't quite get it. Is there something else I should be doing?
Connie