Mark,
Have you seen this example:
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/compbooks/stein/code/customizable.cgi
I think it's close to what you want to acomplish. Loop through user defined
preferences and set the bgcolor, etc... to the users choice.
Check it out
Ok I have tried all of your suggestions and I'm closer to making it work
however there a couple things it's doing that I have been told should be
working right and it isn't.
>From this code on a web page that is calling up this script the person
should be able to pick either a select color or ent