try using a transparent .png. BAM PROBLEM SOLVED. PNGs are better than .jpgs and .gifs for image quality preservation, and I think everyone here has a good connection so we won't care about an extra 1/20 of a second page load.
if ur using internet explorer u will always have a baby blue / grey bg but in firefox its transparent
Ya I dont feel like going and d/l firefox but 1 question with it can u have firefox and IE and use them both??
Well, both IE and Firefox work with GIF transparency. However as I've found when designing sites is that a Javascript fix is needed for IE to display the transparency on transparent PNG's.