Savarna ...

Having *just* gone through the same thing starting up a new group  (I'm a *proud* mama!), I think I can tip you in the right direction, anyway. Still doin' the larnin' thang, but here goes:

Here are the styles I changed to get the look I wanted:

	body  { background-image:  url('myimage.jpg');  background-color: #907F6D; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, 'Sans Serif';  font-size: 14px;  line-height: 16px;  color: #330000;  scrollbar-face-color: #907F6D;  scrollbar-highlight-color: #998977; scrollbar-3dlight-color: #222D22;  scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #7A6B5C;  scrollbar-shadow-color: #7A6B5C; scrollbar-arrow-color: #D2B48C;  scrollbar-track-color: #D2B48C }
	a:link  { color: #800000;  text-decoration: none;  font-style: none;  font-weight: normal }
	a:visited  { color: #333300;  text-decoration: none;  font-style: none;  font-weight: normal }
	a:active  { color: #CC3300;  text-decoration: none;  font-weight: bold }
	a:hover  { color: #800000;  text-decoration: underline;  font-style: none;  font-weight: normal }
	.community  { background-image:  url('myimage.jpg');  background-color: #907F6D;  font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, 'Sans Serif';  font-size: 15px;  line-height: 18px;  color: #222D22 }
	.community a:link  { color: #800000;  text-decoration: none;  font-style: none;  font-weight: normal }
	.community a:visited  { color: #333300;  text-decoration: none;  font-style: none;  font-weight: normal }
	.community a:active  { color: #CC3300;  text-decoration: none;  font-weight: bold }
	.community a:hover  { color: #800000;  text-decoration: underline;  font-style: none;  font-weight: normal }
	.pagetitle  {font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Light', 'Times New Roman', 'Serif';  font-size: 20px;  line-height: 22px }
	div#Content, div#maincontent  { background-image:  url('myimage.jpg');  background-color: #907F6D }
	.gram  { border-style: solid; background-color: #907F6D; border-width: 1px; margin: 5px; padding: 10px;}
	hr  { border: none 0;  border-top: 1px dotted #222D22; height: 1px; }

I tried to keep the fonts the same in each of the elements, to maintain consistency.

Checking with the other experts, here ... what'd I miss?

Ladee