Changing a color background to transparent

[lilacsinrain]

I have tried 5 different themes, but when I try to change the background image, it only shows the default color of that theme.  I can change the header to the image I want, but nothing else.  I haven't found a way to change the color to transparent, and need idiot-proof instructions for that.  I tried 6 different tutorials, but the only advanced code I'm seeing is for the specific color code, not the entire layout code. Any help would be so appreciated, thanks.

Comments

[baggyeyes]

Did you go into http://www.dreamwidth.org/customize/?cat=custom and select your Forest Green theme? You can check out how it would look at my journal. I'll leave it up for a bit to give you time to see it.

[lilacsinrain]

This looks like mine does, except that I've been trying to get the background behind the entries to have the textured image as well. I don't know if you did that too, and my computer will only load the change made to the header and not the background as well. Thanks for all the coaching, but like I said, after a few weeks of this I'm done.