Finally someone I can help in return for you guys helping me!!
I'm sure there are dozens of ways this can be done, but this is how I did it with mine:
If you want a banner that will "slide" as I call it when you view your site on different resolutions, you will need 3 unique image parts of your banner. Two parts to border the left and right sides, and one
tileable image to be repeated as many times as needed. I've been having some issues with achieving this 3-image thing on the tcat heading areas, but not with my banner on the top. Even though I designed it for my 1280x1024 flatscreen, it works and looks perfect on all modern resolutions. Maybe even a bit better, some would say.
Here's a diagram of what I'm talking about
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If you want, I can help you with a design for your site too, man.

And don't worry about money unless you were planning to pay someone a thousand bucks for the job. I could really use that much in the next few weeks. heh.