Iweb page backgrounds

does anybody know where the page backgrounds are stored? I want to use a background image from one template on a different style template, but without knowing what the images are called, i cant do a search for them...
Thanks

Hi svendo!
Apparently all the templates and stuff are organized within the iWeb application package itself. You'll have to search around in there for your background image... Here's a recent thread about finding a specific background image on a template...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=566583&tstart=30
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This may not be a specific iWeb issue, but I'm hoping that someone here has experience with this...
I just got a call telling me that a site I created is 'unreadable'. Based on further questioning, it seems like the the background color of the page (based on the template) isn't loading...so he's seeing white text on a white background (or not seeing, as the case may be).
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Brian:
It is important that you don't leave this like this. If google sees white text on a white background you risk your site being blacklisted from their search results. ( this happened to me)
The page looks fine to me ( I'm using Safari on a mac). Find out what system and browser that person was using and then get others to view your site and report to you (It could be isolated to that person)
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Hi Cyclosaurus and Apnewbie -
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http://web.mac.com/bccrowe/Troubleshooting/KyliesArt2.html
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Have you had a look here?
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