bruce, ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< > From: Bruce Wilbur > > > http://bf-tasks.jeffhowden.com/ > > IE/Mac is very picky about the URL references. It > requires a full quote " instead of an apostrophe. That > should do it. ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< i shoulda mentioned that i tried the following combinations with no luck: background-image: url("/images/tab_bg.gif"); background-image: url("http://bf-tasks.jeffhowden.com/images/tab_bg.gif"); background-image: "/images/tab_bg.gif"; background-image: "http://bf-tasks.jeffhowden.com/images/tab_bg.gif"; to give alittle more info, this is running on osx with ie5.2. thanks, .jeff http://evolt.org/ jeff at members.evolt.org http://members.evolt.org/jeff/