[Lynne]

Using that thread as an example, this is from the template "forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost" (around the sixth line):

        <td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>">
            <if condition="$childforumbits">
            <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumbit_$forumid')"><img id="collapseimg_forumbit_$forumid" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat{$collapseimg_forumid}.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
            </if>
            <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]">$forum[title]</a>

I *think* you could add a style to the td tag like this:

<if condition="in_array($forum['forumid'], array(X,Y,Z))">
        <td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>" style="background: url(/images/folder/background$forum[forumid].gif) 
repeat-x;">
<else />
        <td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>">
</if>

If that doesn't work, then I would add at the top of the template:

<style type="text/css">
 td.cat$forum[forumid] {background: url(/images/folder/background$forum[forumid].gif repeat-x;}
</style>

And then for the td tag (along with the conditional from above):

        <td class="tcat cat$forum[forumid]" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>" >

And, again I'll say you may have to play with it as I'm a trial and error coder.