[html]
<style><!-- type usw.: ja, hab ich -->
.vnavContent {
background-image: url(vorhang_bg.gif);
background-repeat: repeat-y;
background-position: center;
}
</style>
<!-- ... -->
<table width="750">
<tr>
<td id="nnav" valign="top">
<!-- nav beginn -->

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="165">
<tr><td align="center"><img src="top.gif" width="165" align="center" /></td></tr>
<!-- alternative mit bg
<tr><td align="center" style="background-image: url(top.png);
background-position: center;
background-repeat: no-repeat">& <p /></td></tr>
-->
<tr><td valign="top" height="500" class="vnavContent">

<!-- nav content start -->

<!-- nav content ende -->

</td></tr>
<tr>
<td align="center"><img src="bottom.gif" width="164" /></td>
</tr>
</table>

</td></tr></table>
[/html]

Hoffe, ich habe die Tabelle richtig geschlossen.