Hi there,
Not 100% sure if this will help but a friend of mine tried it and it worked for him back in the days.
Goto stylemanager> stylename> main CSS> Category Strips>
by default it has a background image repeating itself horizontally.
In the background property.default style have like this :
Code:
#869BBF url(images/gradients/gradient_tcat.gif) repeat-x top left
you can change this to no-repeat :
Code:
#869BBF url(images/gradients/gradient_tcat.gif) no-repeat top left
change the image path to your image. and color to your right area after the image on the left .
if the category text now overlapping with your left image.
just put in the additional css attributes box in the category strips css panel this value,