> And it works great for all files in the same directory as the
> stylesheet, which I'm calling in the head - [ ... ]

The url in the stylesheet is relative to the HTML page and not
the CSS file.  I've found it easiest to use an absolute URL in
these circumstance -- not one pointing to the server, with an
"http://", but one which starts with a "/".  

I generally keep any image which I might want to point to from
inside a stylesheet in an "images" directory right off my root 
directory.  Then I can simply use "url('/images/mypic.png')"
for any stylesheet in any document on my system.


>         I suppose I can use the absolute url, but then I have
> to change the stylesheet when viewing on my local machine :-(

If you are viewing just through the file system, then it is a
problem.  I've found that setting up a test server on my machine
was easy enough.  Then I can do the bulk of my testing through
"http://localhost/...".

Good luck,

  -- Scott

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