First thing, is the default name for the bottom dock is just [Background]...you don't have to define that.

Second thing, is that your left and right width amounts should be the same, but since I can't see what your working on you might have a reason for doing that. The top and bottom in many case will be different...but again it depends on the graphic your using.

Third thing, OutsideBorderBottom on a bottom or top dock is not needed...but since you have it in there I'm pretty sure your burying the bottom part of your dock below the taskbar. OutsideBorderTop can be used when you want your tabs or text to be placed on the graphic itself...otherwise you wouldn't use that either on a bottom or top dock. Those tags would be used for the sides...determining the distance of your icons from the sides of the dock. ContentBuffer top and bottom would be used to determine the distance of your icons from the top and bottom. On side docks this is reversed


[BackgroundBottom]
Image = vv4.png
LeftWidth = 4
TopHeight = 3
RightWidth = 16
BottomHeight = 4
OutsideBorderTop = 2
OutsideBorderBottom = 10
OutsideBorderLeft = 2
OutsideBorderRight = 8
ContentBufferTop = 6

thanks for All the general info, strange that theres no tut on the detail of streaching out the png file. it seems similar to pottery or play-dough. thanks for offering to send it to ya if i get stuck.
Well i finished a few docks, not nearly as user-friendly as tiles. I don't know if ill ever make another one! But they look good.