[jb1013]

Check this thread for some more details on the gradient background.
http://forum.x-cart.com/viewtopic.php?t=19547&highlight=

Here's what I modified.

The body tag has a background image added in skin1.css

body { 
	text-align: left;
	background:url(../../../images/bg.gif) repeat-y center center; 
	background-attachment: fixed;

Here's the image:

http://www.themarquistheater.com/images/bg.gif

Then I added this class to skin1.css

.gradient {
	background-image:url(../../../images/bg_gradient_moments.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;	
}

Then this is the last three lines of rectangle_top.tpl

<TABLE class="gradient" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="{$width|default:"760px"}" height="100%">
  <TR>
    <TD valign="top">

The bg_gradient_moments.gif image can be veiwed here:

http://www.themarquistheater.com/images/bg_gradient_moments.gif

Hope that helps.

Peace,

JB