i uploaded createshadowedtext.php along with your png (catprebg.png) and a ttf and changed your link to my URL, and still nothing.

What's the link?

<a href="http://www.chevystreettrucks.com/createshadowedtext.php?bgfile=catprebg.png&color=f fffff&shadowcolor=204E6B&fontname=serpentine.ttf&f ontsize=13&&textoffsetpxx=7&textoffsetpxy=5&shadow offsetpxx=0&shadowoffsetpxy=2&s=Some%20Category%20 Name&skipshadow=0" target="_blank">http://www.chevystreettrucks.com/cre...e&skipshadow=0</a>

Something's wrong with your PHP configuration: http://www.chevystreettrucks.com/cre...e&skipshadow=0

That should generate an error, most likely "imagecreatefrompng failed." It's been a few weeks since I wrote the script but I remember putting in a crapload of error traps.

Looks great but I'm stuck on what to do.

Can you please give us a sample link? parameters doesn't show how it's meant to be layed out [for me anyway]

Thanks in advance.

There's already a demo link, just examine that.

Doh! Sorry I didn't see that -

Cheers!

If I only had a GD library. I tried to make this hack myself 2 years ago - but failed. Now you did it even better. Will explore it later. Great.