Changing complete background of template in iWeb?

I am trying to change the background for the page portion of a website I am working on in iWeb 08 (Darkroom). I have been able to change the background of other templates completely, but for some reason with this template I can only change the lower portion of the template background. The upper portion remains the same medium gray linen background (basically what you see full screen without scrolling). I have a darker linen background I am trying to inset into the Inspector-page-layout-page-tile but when it is dropped in there, it doesn't change the upper half, only the lower portion(seen once you scroll down). I have changed other template's page complete backgrounds, but not this one. Anyone have any suggestions? Or should I just grab another template and re-work it so it looks like Darkroom?

The file that sits in the center of the page that you can't remove is named Darkroom_spotlight.jpg. So if you edit the Darkroom theme and remove that file I think you can do what you want. You may have to add a file by the same name that's a 1 pixel image .... The particular files are located in the iWeb application/Contents/Resources/Themes/Darkroom.webtheme/Shared folder. You'll have to open iWeb and the webtheme packages by Control-clicking on them and select Show Package Contents.
I'm make a backup copy of iWeb before making the modifications.
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