[Mr Blunt]

Just to follow this up....
I did find a partial solution.

<if condition="is_browser('ie', '5.5')">
	<input type="button" class="button" value="Forum Index" onclick="index.php" title="This is an example of an IE 5.5 vertical button" style="writing-mode:tb-rl" />
<else />
	<a href="index.php"<if condition="$show['newwindow']"> target="_blank"</if>><img class="button" src="$stylevar[imgdir_attach]/myverticalbutton.gif" alt="Forum Index" border="1" title="Sorry, no IE 5.5 so this button has to be an image" /></a>
</if>

Too bad it has compatability limits.
Here's the key:

style="writing-mode:tb-rl"

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ritingmode.asp


It's only going to work for IE 5.5 and above so you have to have a secondary .GIF file for other browsers .... which would make it pointless for most coders I suppose .... but I like the language compatability so I'm going to utilize it as best as I can for my hacks.

Sorry I don't have a full list of what browsers can/can't show this. The only thing I do know is Netscape 8.0 "IE Mode" can show it while it's "Firefox Mode" cannot. It would be nice if other members could give feedback if/as they test this with other browsers. I'd love to add more browsers into the conditional if they test ok.