okydoky,
having a few minor problems.

I have tried implementing the code and my right hand menu background is missing, that is the page background is showing through. The left side menu is unchanged.
here are some before and after shots of my menu.tpl . The CSS stuff was easy so I assume there are no probs there, the syntax seems ok.
B4
Code:
<TABLE border=0 cellPadding=8 cellSpacing=0 width="100%">
<TR>
{if $link_href}
<TD class=VertMenuTitle background="{$ImagesDir}/dingbats_categorie.gif" height=30 valign=center width=80%>
<font class=VertMenuTitle>{$menu_title}</font></TD>
{else}
<TD class=VertMenuTitle background="{$ImagesDir}/dingbats_categorie.gif" height=30 valign=center width=80%><font class=VertMenuBoxNewsTitle>{$menu_title}</font></TD>
{/if}
</TR>
<TR>
<TD colspan="2" class=VertMenuBox>{$menu_content}
</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
and after
Code:
<TABLE border=0 cellPadding=8 cellSpacing=0 width="100%">
<TR>
{if $link_href}
<TD class=VertMenuTitle background="{$ImagesDir}/dingbats_categorie.gif" height=30 valign=center width=80%>
<font class=VertMenuTitle>{$menu_title}</font></TD>
{else}
<TD class=VertMenuTitle background="{$ImagesDir}/dingbats_categorie.gif" height=30 valign=center width=80%><font class=VertMenuBoxNewsTitle>{$menu_title}</font></TD>
{/if}
</TR>
<TR>
<TD class="FancyMenuBackground"colspan="2" class=VertMenuBox>
{$menu_content}
</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
What do you think ? Is there something obvious I am missing or am I just too moded out on this template?

thanks for your patience
cheers
supanewb