How to change Joomla 1.6 Template background

Changing the background color for a joomla 1.6 template:

To change the background color, will need to edit the template.css file, that can be found in the css directory. Open it in notepad or dreamwaver and find the following code:

body
{
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;
    background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

The background color is white (#FFFFFF). Simply change it!

Add your own background image to joomla 1.6 template:

Upload your background image to the template images folder via FTP (templates/templatesname/images/), and change the same css code:

body
{
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;
    background: #FFFFFF url('../images/background.jpg') no-repeat top center;

}