hello, all
my older post about this topic (http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/add-different-icons-above-main-menu-titles-in-header) worked well on safari and chrome, but i discovered that it did not work on ie or firefox, so i had to rethink and come up with another option
this is my code, below (added to custom.css); a bit of a hack but it works on all browsers; for some reason it needed !important to work
i wanted to share in case someone else wants to do the same; enjoy :)
my site:
http://edgemontseniorliving.com/
pwd (until live):
esl1234
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/* removed the 30px margin from layout.css */
.main_menu ul:first-child > li > a{
text-align: center;
margin-left:0px;}
/* adjusts the up arrow on the pulldown nav */
.main_menu .menu ul {
margin-left:-95px;
}
/* home */
#menu-item-774 {
background: url('http://edgemontseniorliving.com/wp-content/themes/coherence/images/icons/iconHome.png') !important;
width: 80px;
background-position: center top !important;
background-repeat:no-repeat !important;
display: block;}
/* about */
#menu-item-775 {
background: url('http://edgemontseniorliving.com/wp-content/themes/coherence/images/icons/iconAbout.png');
width: 100px;
background-position: center top !important;
background-repeat:no-repeat !important;
display: block;}
/* application */
#menu-item-800 {
background: url('http://edgemontseniorliving.com/wp-content/themes/coherence/images/icons/iconApplication.png');
width: 120px;
background-position: center top !important;
background-repeat:no-repeat !important;
display: block;}
/* community */
#menu-item-799 {
background: url('http://edgemontseniorliving.com/wp-content/themes/coherence/images/icons/iconCommunity.png');
width: 200px;
background-position: center top !important;
background-repeat:no-repeat !important;
display: block;}
/* news */
#menu-item-323 {
background: url('http://edgemontseniorliving.com/wp-content/themes/coherence/images/icons/iconNews.png');
width: 70px;
background-position: center top !important;
background-repeat:no-repeat !important;
display: block;}
/* contact */
#menu-item-346 {
background: url('http://edgemontseniorliving.com/wp-content/themes/coherence/images/icons/iconContact.png');
width: 90px;
background-position: center top !important;
background-repeat:no-repeat !important;
display: block;}
Create a new thread and tell me what problems you are encountering and what you want to know. 
There is no step 3 :) 
