hey. i want to have a message come up when you hover your cursor over an image. does anyone know how to do this?

Well, if it is a link, then all you need to do is add an alt tag, and directions for that can be found here <http://lissaexplains.com/html2.shtml#alt>, but if the image isn't a link, then I'm not sure, sorry

yea i saw that but my picture is just a regular image. not a link

the image does not need to be a link to have the ALT property work.

<img src="filename.gif" alt="your message here">