Web Design Changing COD template bg

Hi,

I have downloaded the COD2 template but I need to change it so it fits my site needs. I am trying to change the whole bg to a bg image however I cannot change the 2 sides either side of the container and below the header. They just stay black. Can anyone help?

Template:
template

 

open the style.css file with a text editor and change the bg color at

background-color: #000000; <-- this is what you have to change

 

Thanks but what do I change it to?

 

I've tried all the sections but non of them will change it. It seems to be set as black and is unchangable

 

you need to change the #000000 (this is the color code for black) with the color code that you want to use

for color codes you can search at google

eg if you change the
background-color: #000000;
to
background-color: #FFFFFF;
the background color will become white

 

I want to use a bg image. I have change the background.gif to the thing I want and also changed it in the CSS but I cannot find the part I need to change. It seems that this is not the page background but a table that cannot be deleted or edited because when I set the background in the html it only does up where the header is and nowhere else. I think it is a layer or something but I cannot figure it out.

 

By following ace2011 suggestion your page should look something like this.

 

Thanks but how would I make that an image rather than just a colour?

 

Does it have to be a .gif?
I changed it to background.jpg

It changed to a white bg but didn't apply the image. It is in the images directry

 

That is an image but it just a black bar. Perhaps you are looking for something like this?

 

Thanks it just started working.