@Calorie Ye its great that it will show, however some of the main menu links that lead to portal pages, ones that are template coded as opposed to soft added in the portal cp are not taking any notice of the duplicate directory setting and I am sure that is the same as the images problem for portal images having looked at it all a bit closer now.
Any tips on how this can be cured ? I know its not easy when its not a portal you have used. Allways open to suggestions tho