Ok Untitled.jpg is a screenshot of my problem. nav-bg-l.jpg is the original file. nav-bg-l.png is the version i made transparent.

So what happened? I tried to make it transparent so it would show the background thru instead of making a big white box.

heres the css for the menu
Code:
@charset "utf-8";
/* CSS Document */

/*^'^ Navigation Structure ^'^*/
.nav-container-outer{
background: #990000;
padding: 0px;
height: 74px;
background: url(images/nav-bg.jpg);
}
.float-left{
float: left;
}
.float-right{
float: right;
}
.nav-container .divider{
display:block;
font-size:1px;
border-width:0px;
border-style:solid;
}
.nav-container .divider-vert{
float:left;
width:0px;
display: none;
}
.nav-container .item-secondary-title{
display:block;
cursor:default;
white-space:nowrap;
}
.clear{
font-size:1px;
height:0px;
width:0px;
clear:left;
line-height:0px;
display:block;
float:none;
}
.nav-container{
position:relative;
zoom:1;
margin: 0 auto;
}
.nav-container a, .nav-container li{
float:left;
display:block;
white-space:nowrap;
}
.nav-container div a, .nav-container ul a, .nav-container ul li{
float:none;
}
.nav-container ul{
left:-10000px;
position:absolute;
}
.nav-container, .nav-container ul{
list-style:none;
padding:0px;
margin:0px;
}
.nav-container li a{
float:none
}
.nav-container li{
position:relative;
}
.nav-container ul{
z-index:10;
}
.nav-container ul ul{
z-index:20;
}
.nav-container ul ul ul{
z-index:30;
}
.nav-container ul ul ul ul{
z-index:40;
}
.nav-container ul ul ul ul ul{
z-index:50;
}
li:hover>ul{
left:auto;
}
#nav-container ul {
top:100%;
}
#nav-container ul li:hover>ul{
top:0px;
left:100%;
}

/*^'^ Primary Items ^'^*/	
#nav-container a{	
padding:7px 17px 7px 18px;
margin: 10px 0px 0px 0px;
color: #000000;
font-family: Trebuchet MS, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica;
font-size:14px;
text-decoration:none;
font-weight: bold;
background: url(images/item-primary-bg.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: top;
}

#nav-container a:hover{
color: #990000;
background: url(images/item-primary-bg.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center;
}

/*^'^ Secondary Items Container ^'^*/	
#nav-container div, #nav-container ul{	
padding:10px 4px 10px 4px;
margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;
background: url(images/item-secondary-container-bg.jpg);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
background-color: #FF9900;
border-bottom: 1px solid #CA6500;
}

/*^'^ Secondary Items ^'^*/	
#nav-container div a, #nav-container ul a{	
padding:3px 10px 3px 6px;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
background: url(images/item-secondary-bg.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 0px 22px;
font-size:11px;
border-width:0px;
border-style:none;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
width: 149px;
}

/*^'^ Secondary Items Hover State ^'^*/	
#nav-container div a:hover, #nav-container ul a:hover{	
background-color: #FFFFFF;
background: url(images/item-secondary-bg.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
color:#990000;
}

/*^'^ Secondary Item Titles ^'^*/	
#nav-container .item-secondary-title{	
cursor:default;
padding:4px 0px 3px 7px;
color: #000000;
font-family: Arial, Trebuchet MS, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica;
font-size:11px;
/* background: url(images/item-secondary-title-bg.jpg); */
background-repeat: no-repeat;
font-weight:bold;
}

/*^'^ Horizontal Dividers ^'^*/	
#nav-container .divider-horiz{	
border-top-width:1px;
margin:5px 5px;
border-color: #C16100;
}

/*^'^ Vertical Dividers ^'^*/	
#nav-container .divider-vert{	
border-left-width:1px;
height:15px;
margin:4px 2px 0px 2px;
border-color:#AAAAAA;
}
Heres the menu in the html page
Code:
<div class="nav-container-outer">
   <img src="menu/images/nav-bg-l.png" alt="" class="float-left" />
   <img src="menu/images/nav-bg-r.jpg" alt="" class="float-right" />
   <ul id="nav-container" class="nav-container">
      <li><a class="item-primary" href="index.html" target="_self">Home</a>
	   </li>
       <li><span class="divider divider-vert" ></span></li>
      <li><a class="item-primary" href="areas.html" target="_self">Areas of Practice</a>
	   </li>
       <li><span class="divider divider-vert" ></span></li>
      <li><a class="item-primary" href="" target="_self">Lawyers</a>
         <ul style="width:150px;">
            <li><a href="reed.html" title="J. David Reed" target="_self" >J. David Reed</a></li>
            <li><a href="gilbert.html" title="Michael T. Gilbert" target="_self" >Michael T. Gilbert</a></li>
            <li><a href="mahoney.html" title="James D. Mahoney" target="_self" >James D. Mahoney</a></li>
            <li><a href="nerlin.html" title="Bo James Nerlin" target="_self" >Bo James Nerlin</a></li>
         </ul>
	   </li>
       <li><span class="divider divider-vert" ></span></li>
      <li><a class="item-primary" href="" target="_self">Legal Staff</a>
         <ul style="width:150px;">
            <li><a href="law.html" title="Vicki Law" target="_self" >Vicki Law</a></li>
            <li><a href="moews.html" title="Jennifer Moews" target="_self" >Jennifer Moews</a></li>
            <li><a href="johnson.html" title="Pam Johnson" target="_self" >Pam Johnson</a></li>
         </ul>
	   </li>
       <li><span class="divider divider-vert" ></span></li>
      <li><a class="item-primary" href="resources.html" target="_self">Resources</a>
	   </li>
       <li><span class="divider divider-vert" ></span></li>
      <li><a class="item-primary" href="contact.html" target="_self">Contact Us</a>
	   </li>
       <li><span class="divider divider-vert" ></span></li>
      <li class="clear">&nbsp;</li>
   </ul>
</div>
I just want to make it transparent so the bg will show through... any help would be great.