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thanks! it works like a charm. I didnt have the
in there because the code sniplet i posted was a stripped down version of what im using... i have my menu setup in tables.

http://www.aheadgames.com/cart/customer/home.php

Here's the /customer/categories.tpl I'm using if anyone wants to do anything similar.. you might have to change things a bit to work with your cart.

        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="250">
{if $config.General.root_categories eq "Y"}
{section name=cat_num loop=$categories}
          <tr>
            <td height="20" background="../../images/categorybg.gif">
            <p align="left" class="menutext">{ $categories[cat_num].category|escape }</td>
          </tr>
{if $cat eq $categories[cat_num].categoryid}
{section name=subcat_num loop=$subcategories} 
          <tr>
            <td height="20" background="../../images/categorybg.gif" class="menutext">{ $subcategories[subcat_num].category|escape }</td>
          </tr>
{/section}
{/if}
{/section}
{/if}
          <tr>
            <td height="20" background="../../images/categorybg.gif" class="menutext">{$lng.lbl_gift_certificates}</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td background="../../images/categorybgshadow.gif" height="18">
            <font face="Arial" size="1"></font></td>
          </tr>
        </table>