yep that did it. Apparently the file names are also case sensitive. My header files were named header5.JPG for example and when I was calling them from the xml file I was entering the absolute path like /image/flashheader/header.jpg. Notice the ending jpg was lowercase, believe it or not that was the problem. Once I changed them all to .JPG it fired right up and worked like a champ! Thanks for bringing that to my attention guys, and thanks for such an awesome free template!

Chris