I finally finished it .... // detect whether images are on // and change styles accordingly jQuery.imagesOn = function(){
$('<img src="' + '/images/bgimage.jpg' + '#' + Math.random() + '"/ >' ).load(function() { $('#noimages').attr("href", '/styles/gotimages.css'); $('.imagecheck').html('On'); }); if ( $('.imagecheck').val() != 'On' ) { $('#noimages').attr("href", '/styles/imagefree.css'); } } (hack: there is a hidden paragraph to hold the 'variable') Cherry http://jquery.cherryaustin.com