[mashby]

In your postbit, you have table that provides the structure for the post and includes the images surrounding the post. I would assume, something like this:
<table>
<tr>
<td>left image</td>
<td>center image</td>
<td>right image</td>
</tr>
</table>

The image for the center table cell should be part of the tag itself and not included in the cell. In other words, you should have <td background="center_image.gif"></td> and not <td>center_image.gif</td>

If the above is correct, then any text that you place inside the cell can be centered and will appear on top of the image. The link I posted earlier descirbes this mod in detail.

So, you should have something similar to this as your center table cell:
<td background="center_image.gif" width="100%" align="center"> <b>$ post[title]</b> $ post[postdate] </td>

Note: the above code has a space between the $ and the rest of the variable so that it will display correctly in this post.

Does this help?