background images in header - not css related! HELP

[ajmartin]

I have the following code, after looking through the forums, it seems that most background image problems are related to the css. But as you can see I have no css classes defined where I am trying to have a background image,.... can someone tell me why this is not working...

 

<table width="750" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

 <!--DWLayoutTable-->

 <tr> 

   <td height="93" colspan="2" valign="bottom"><?php echo tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'Logo.gif', 'Lanocreme.com'); ?></td>

   <td width="383" rowspan="2" valign="top"><?php echo tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'header_top.gif',''); ?></td>

   <td width="115" valign="top"><?php echo tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'Prince_1.gif',''); ?></td>

 </tr>

 <tr> 

   <td height="19" colspan="2" valign="bottom"><?php echo tep_image_header('header_menu_shoppingbag.gif', HEADER_TITLE_SHOPPING_BAG); echo tep_image_header('header_menu_checkout.gif', HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT); echo tep_image_header('header_menu_my_account.gif', HEADER_TITLE_MY_ACCOUNT);

   if (tep_session_is_registered('customer_id')) {

  	 echo tep_image_header('header_menu_logoff.gif', HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF);

  	 }

   else {

  	 echo tep_image_header('header_menu_logon.gif', HEADER_TITLE_LOGON);

  	 }?></td>

   <td valign="top"><?php echo tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'Prince_2.gif',''); ?></td>

 </tr>

 <tr> 

   <td width="112" height="21" valign="top" background="../images/header_menu_cart_bg.gif"><?php //echo tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'header_menu_cart_bg.gif',''); ?></td>

   <td colspan="3" valign="top"><?php echo tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'header_divider.gif',''); ?></td>

 </tr>

 <tr> 

   <td height="1"></td>

   <td width="140"></td>

   <td></td>

   <td></td>

 </tr>

</table>

 

the exact line is,....

 

    <td width="112" height="21" valign="top" background="../images/header_menu_cart_bg.gif"><?php //echo tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'header_menu_cart_bg.gif',''); ?></td>

 

please, I don't understand why this should not work... if it is css then what should I be changing?

 

Regards

Adam Martin