[Erwin]

One of the rules of good HTML coding is that you should not have an empty table cell - it will give you a HTML error - that table will not show up in Netscape at all probably.

Try to add a & nbsp; (remove the space between & and nbsp; ) in the empty cell, or a transparent gif.

Try this:

    <table width="100%" height="12%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom">
          <img src="bg.gif" height="15" width="100%">
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr bgcolor="#777777">
        <td>
         & nbsp;
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

Remove the space between & and nbsp; (stupid vB.org parses it so it disappears as a space).