try something more like this
Code:
<TABLE border=0 cellPadding=5 cellSpacing=0 width="100%">
<TR>
<TD class=VertMenuTitle height=26>{$link_begin}[img]{$ImagesDir}/{$dingbats}[/img]{$link_end}</TD>
{if $link_href}
<TD width=80% height=26 align="center" valign=center class=VertMenuTitle>
[img]{$ImagesDir}/titletest.jpg[/img] </TD>
{else}
<TD width=80% height=26 align="center" valign=center class=VertMenuTitle>[img]{$ImagesDir}/titletest.jpg[/img]</TD>
{/if}
</TR>
<TR>
<TD colspan="2" class=VertMenuBox>{$menu_content}
</TD></TR>
</TABLE>