Creating bg from deisgn with gradiant / textured bg

I am still confused about how to create a bg.jpg file from a design file with a textured or gradiant bg. Here is a jpg of the PSD design file that was sent to me (bg is the red and textured gradiant). First, if I import it into FW, the texture disappears.
So, I took a slice from PSD and brought it into FW. I created a 23x1440 or so file. Here's the slice I used below. The problem is that when I repeat-x, it's wavy and it shouldn't be (see horizontal lines, etc) on the website. How do I create bg so it looks like the original design; just textured and gradiant? Designer gave me the texture files she used if that's hepful. Thanks soooo much!

If you are importing the desisgn from a PSD and the bg is disappearing, it means that some effect used for the BG is not supported by Fireworks. The default options when openign or importing a PSD are set to maintain as much editability as possible, but this means that the appearance of certain layers/effects may be different.
Check your Import and Open options from the Preferences panel or when you try opening the PSD and change the settings so effects are flattened on open/import.
I can't tell you which ones to change because I don't have access to your PSD file. You'll need to do some experimenting.
If you want to build this yourself in FW, create your gradient in a rectangle, and then try linking the texture file from the Textures list
Or you could try just adding Noise to the gradient, from the Live Filters menu. A value of 3 or 4 should do it.
Noise, probably like the texture supplied by your designer, is random, though, so getting a decent repeating background tile may be difficult.
HTH

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