How do I make a simple full screen menu?

Hi, I'm new to iDVD and I really need some help here. I hate the menus this comes with and am having a hard time creating what I need.
I have a movie I want to use as my menu background. Other than that I just want 2 buttons with text. None of the menus (vs. 4 or 5) seem to allow this set-up. They all come with corny extra stuff. I tried to use the "transparent blue" theme and change the source file for the blue lower third into a transparent lower third, to trick the software. It seemed to work, but then when I restarted my computer it went back to being blue. Even when I trash that source file it still comes up with a lower third (how I don't know).
If you can solve this for me I'd be MOST grateful!

Hello Azul37,
go to your Applications folder and ctrl-click iDVD, then choose "Show Package Contents" from the drop-down menu. Next navigate to the Resources folder, find the theme, duplicate and rename it, then open the copy with the above procedure (choose Full Frame 1 for this - the other one is a bit tricky)
Again navigate to the Resources folder and find a folder named "FullFrameTitle.pox". There are other folders inside - open them one by one until you find a TIFF file with a long name with loads of numbers and delete it. Now the grey bar for the title is gone.
Next launch iDVD and choose your (modified) theme. Import a movie. You'll see the grey bar appear as button under the text. Go to the Settings tab in the Customize pane, select the button options and choose "Text Only". Voilà
Note: I recommend you leave the grey bar for the buttons - it provides better on-screen visibility.
If you are interested in tweaking your iDVD themes I recommend reading here:
Dave Nagel's tutorial about custom buttons
http://www.creativemac.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=31388
Creating custom dropzones by Dave Nagel
http://www.corporatemedianews.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=32445
hope this helps
mish

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