Lynne,
Yes, I removed the CSS backgrounds and added the <img src=.... right after link code.
What I am trying to accomplish is basically the same coding that is in VB 3.8 but with out the tables.
This is the current 3.8.4 code...
Code:
<if condition="$show['multiquote_post']">
<a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow" onclick="return false"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/multiquote_<if condition="$show['multiquote_selected']">on<else />off</if>.gif" alt="$vbphrase[multi_quote_this_message]" border="0" id="mq_$post[postid]" /></a>
</if>