function render_header($header_content) {

global $theme_width,$settings;

	

	echo "<table align='center' style='background-image:url(".THEME."images/header-center.gif)' border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='$theme_width'>";

	echo "<tr><td width='15'><img src='".THEME."images/header-left.gif' width='22' height='82'></td>";

	// Start banner code

	echo "<td width='100%' class='header-center'>";

	echo "<table width='100%' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'>";

	echo "<tr><td>$header_content</td></tr>";

	echo "</table></td>";

	// End banner code

	echo "<td width='15'><img src='".THEME."images/header-right.gif' width='22' height='82'></td></tr></table>\n";

	echo "<img src='".THEME."images/pixel.gif' height='5'>";

	echo "<table align='center' border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='$theme_width'>";

	echo "<tr><td width='42'><img src='".THEME."images/nav-left.gif' width='16' height='26'></td>";

	echo "<td width='75%' style='background-image:url(".THEME."images/nav-center.gif)'>";

	echo showsublinks("&#183;")."</td>";

	echo "<td align='right' width='25%' style='background-image:url(".THEME."images/nav-center.gif)'>";

	echo showsubdate()."</td>";

	echo "<td width='42'><img src='".THEME."images/nav-right.gif' width='16' height='26'></td></tr></table>";

	echo "<table align='center' width='$theme_width' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'>\n<tr>\n";

}