[sparrowdog]

After looking at the menu.tpl file, I'm going to take a mildly educated stab here and say it can't be done in those files above and that what I have to do is to remove the headings from the menu.tpl file altogether and code them in by hand in the customer/home.tpl file.

<td class="VertMenuLeftColumn">
{if $categories ne "" and ($active_modules.Fancy_Categories ne "" or $config.General.root_categories eq "Y" or $subcategories ne "")}
<<<<<IMAGE CODE TO BE INSERTED HERE>>>>>>
{include file="customer/categories.tpl" }
<br />
{/if}

Is that how it's done? (I'd have a play now, but I just had the thought and it's way past my bedtime - thought someone may know if I'm on the right track).

Still wouldn't mind knowing where to add an image to the bottom of the menus, and I'm sure I can find the css for the background image with no trouble.

Thanks
Jo