I have done a search and really didn't find a solution, so I am sorry if this is something asked all the time. It is something I have working in my forum and mainsite, but I am trying to do it in CSS now for an online portfolio. I am no web designer and do things by trial and error and have used up all my ideas. I have the gallery embedded into Mambo, but am using it standalone due to format restrictions of my theme, the gallery is to be used as a professional online portfolio outside of my sites member galleries, etc. I have things set up except for the left side graphics bar which currently is just one image that gets cropped etc. as the page changes. #gallery { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 62.5%; color: #999; background-color: #FFFFFF; padding-left: 200px; background:url('../allusions/images/sidebar.jpg') no-repeat top left; } body.gallery { background-color: #FFFFFF; } .gcBackground1 { background-color: #FFFFFF; } .gcBackground2 { background-color: #FFFFFF; } What I would like to do is have the top graphic/logo, and then the middle fill image (orange color image with border and drop shadow 2 pixel high image) repeating bar to repeat as many times as necessary until it comes to the bottom graphic image, these three items make up the image I am using now. In this way the left graphic would stretch and shrink as necessary to fill in the hight of the page with out cropping or exceeding the graphics. My question is whether this is possible and what the code would be? To re-iterate, the top and bottom images in place and the middle strip repeating as necessary to fill the length of the page when it changes height. The gallery opens in a smaller page with no navigation when accessed through the main site menu. So far I have been told a book I should read, this is something I will probably do, but the thought of reading a book that all seems Greek to this non-web designer, seems daunting. I want to thank you in advance for yor time. P.S. this is a WIP and once I get it all worked out I will upload all the material. http://3dallusions.com/Portfolio/main.php Best regards, Russell Thomas