Like this?

Yes thats exactly right,Im trying to make a custom BB code now after thinking about it because i dont want these borders to show up on images like signatures which also use the default [img] tags.

My way only puts the border around IMG tags within the message.

Ah then thats perfect,if you could give me an example that would be great.Will your way work with my border though?It's made of 8 images,
top left,top mid,top right,right side,left side,bottom left,bottom mid,bottom right.

Oh also will this work with VBA pages as well?I use VBAcmps for news and articles so this must work on those pages as well which is another reason i was think a custom BB code may be best.

I'm trying to find a way to make a border using images with CSS.

Using your method is it strictly CSS or can you use table html as well?Thats how i created it before then used CSS to add the images to there correct cells.

When you're making the file edit to class_bbcode.php, you can alter the HTML used for the IMG tags. You'll have the same URL Linking problem though with the tables even with the file edit.

Reason being that you're not wrapping the link tag around the image - rather you're wrapping it around the whole table; so it's no longer clickable.

Ah i see thats the current problem as well.So i guess CSS is the only option.You looked like you handled it very easily in your test but i assume your backround is a very basic one?Mine will be a custom image made to make inserted images look like an old style photograph something like this.

http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/9...rbanner0gt.jpg

In my screenshot, I used the HTML you provided a few posts back; so the border was made from your images.

ah i see so it does work so then doesnt that mean basically that you have it working?