Here's a sample for you (it's not "live" yet)-

The first pic shows the site in VSD. I've set the page background to solid color (white), added my background image in Settings > Add Files, then went to Header > Edit Header and added the CSS code with my .jpg file for the background in it.

http://i38.servimg.com/u/f38/14/58/51/55/vsd-bk10.jpg

This is the result - the patterned background repeats to fill the browser window, and the solid white background fills just the web page. It's not "clickable", it's not a shape/graphic, and it can't be accidentally moved when you're working on other elements Notice in the page background dialog you can choose any color, a gradient or image - it doesn't have to be white.

http://i38.servimg.com/u/f38/14/58/51/55/vsd-bk12.jpg

If you look at my site (link below), you'll see I've used this method to put a patterned background (for the browser) under an image background on the actual web pages.

thanks , very nice !

Hmm..

I have a background fill image but i don't want it to repeat and i don't want it to move when people scroll down the page.

is there any code that i can add to the header maybe to do this???

hope you understand..

From Eric's very helpful VSD site:
http://progrower.coffeecup.com/opacity.html#backg

The second code snippet is for a non-repeating background

Hmm, Close but no cigar lol

I just want the image in the background fill not to actual background, ie: outside the border... .

No Worries,

Done it, this is the code that does it...

As always many thanks for your help...

<style type="text/css">
body {
background:url(bg.jpg);
background-attachment: fixed;
}
</style>

I got the fact that you wanted the background as fixed, but did not understand this quoted post above.

To do that you would need to create that background yourself. In other words, work out the width of your entire site including the full background. Work out the width of the content area that would be over the background and work out the width you need it to fill on each side.

Then create an image that has a color in the center area and the parts on the sides that you want to see. Something simliar to this:

http://www.ddo.com/media/layout/background.jpg

I was thinking this.
http://progrower.coffeecup.com/noscroll.html

hmm I may be misunderstanding his background fill thing myself actually. Just read it again and I don't think I read it correctly the first time, and I'm really not making sense of it this time LOL