Possible to change the colors of the templates? Or not?

Question

Regarding the style templates in iWeb '06:
I notice that each template family has a certain color. Modern is white, others are wheat colored, others light pastel green and blue. One of them is black and uses a white colored font.
Question:
Is the color for each template style there to stay or is it changeable? I see that column size, box side, and font size, style and color are changeable but am suspecting that the color for the style of the page is not. Correct?
So this means that, say, if I want to change the Modern style template to be RED on one page, then I would have to paste a solid red photo on top of it and use that photo as a base upon which to add other things? Or what?
— Lorna in Southern California

Answer 1

Well, lot of it has to do with the browser. Once the
browser background image is in the cache, it helps a
great deal; Firefox loads it pretty quickly; Safari
will not; Opera is 'middle-of-the-road'... (And I
don't even want to get into Internet Explorer!). If
your site is targeted towards the same group of
people, say a family site for example, and your pages
become established in their browser caches, then it's
not a problem. But if new people are visiting
frequently then the chances are they may never even
see your browser image. Again, this applies when
hosting with .Mac. I haven't had this problem
hosting to a remote server. .Mac is just plain slow
to load.
And this becomes particularly exacerbated if the
design of the page is predicated on the browser image
you have chosen....again, the design possibilities
are endless as you can build upon your favorite
photo, but you really need a fast server to maximize
the potential.
--Ap
Dear Ap -- I must say that I have not understood what you wrote because I lack familiarity with some of the topics/concepts/terms that you mentioned. The browser issue went over my head, although I do understand about caches (I think). What I take away from what you said is that I had better not mess around with the clever procedures described for changing page color because the downside is worse than the advantage. I might take advantage of the clever techniques later on when I actually know what's going on. I am not at the Clever Techie stage yet.
— Lorna in Southern California