No Background

[blugirlami21]

Is there some script or a way so that there is no background? All you can see is the layout? An example of this would be http://www.kristinrichardsononline.net/
But I can't figure out how she did it.

[boogyman]

the top is all 1 image then uses an image map

and the rest of the body is just given the background color a0c3c5

[devaka]

Yep, you can use

#element, body {
     background: none;
     background-color: red;
}

[Twey]

the top is all 1 image then uses an image map

Which is bad, I should note, and leads to a very inflexible layout.