Unstructured UI Template Substitution tags - PROBLEM

Hello
I'm trying to make a UI Template, but are having problems with the substitution tags.
I want to make a home-link, but with my own text such as "Take me home"
I've tried this approach:
Take me home
But as a result i get the standard icon for home, with the text "Home" under it
Can someone give me a hint how to solve this?
Regards
Per-Jarle

Hi,
Looks like you are doing something wrong. Try something like this.
<HTML dir=#DIRECTION#>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>#TITLE#</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY leftMargin="0" rightMargin="0" topMargin="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" class="PageBG">
oracle
<TABLE >
<TR>
<TD><IMG SRC="#IMAGE_PREFIX#pobtrans.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="0" HEIGHT="4"></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
#PAGE.SUBPAGELINKS#
#BODY#
</BODY>
</HTML>
A home link will appear which will take you to oracle.
Thanks,
Sharmila

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