so it does, thanks.

seems to be about as effective as a script i managed to write myself.

now if i could figure out why some image borders collapse into a one character size when no image is loaded, while others maintain their size...

i have tried to play around with css codes for size, min and max for size, and some others. about the only real theory i have is that the table region its in is the one that is really collapsing rather then the image itself. beyond that, i have no clue what so ever...