Good thought - Yes I tried that (I tried new ways right after i posted while you were thinking as well..hehe..so that's why it's not in the original post)

.... there were two images in the \themes\HeliusGray\style folder and i changed both. THe first one changed the entire background of the theme, but not the stories and contents. The other did nothing (that i could find).


If this helps any - here is the code to the CSS style sheet (i finally found...hehe).

All i want to change - is the Content & main news article pages to a White background.



FONT {FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 10px}
TD {FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 10px}
BODY {FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 10px}
P {FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 10px}
DIV {FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 10px}

.bodyline {background:#FFFFFF url(images/bg_cat4.gif);border:4px ridge #CCCCCC}
body {background: #FFFFFF ;color:#000000;font:12px Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
scrollbar-face-color: #DEE3E7;
scrollbar-highlight-color: #FFFFFF;
scrollbar-shadow-color: #DEE3E7;
scrollbar-3dlight-color: #D1D7DC;
scrollbar-arrow-color: #006699;
scrollbar-track-color: #EFEFEF;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #98AAB1;}

A:link {color:#000000;FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Helvetica;text-decoration:none}
A:active {color:#000000;FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Helvetica;text-decoration:underline}
A:visited {color:#000000;FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Helvetica;text-decoration:none}
A:hover {color:#999999;FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Helvetica;text-decoration:underline}
.title {BACKGROUND: none; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Helvetica; TEXT-DECORATION: none}
.content {BACKGROUND: none; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Helvetica}
.block-title {BACKGROUND: none; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Helvetica;text-decoration:none}
.storytitle {BACKGROUND: none; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Helvetica; TEXT-DECORATION: none}
.storycat {BACKGROUND: none; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Helvetica; TEXT-DECORATION: underline}
.boxtitle {BACKGROUND: none; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Helvetica; TEXT-DECORATION: none}
.boxcontent {BACKGROUND: none; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Helvetica}
.option {BACKGROUND: none; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Helvetica; TEXT-DECORATION: none}
.tiny {BACKGROUND: none; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Helvetica; TEXT-DECORATION: none}
.small {BACKGROUND: none; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Helvetica; TEXT-DECORATION: none}

/* Form elements */
input,textarea,select{
border-color:#000000;
color:#000000;
border:1px solid;
font:normal 11px Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif}

/* The text input fields background colour */
input.post,textarea.post,select{background:#ffffff }
input{text-indent:2px}

/* The buttons used for bbCode styling in message post */
input.button{
background:#efefef;border:1px solid; color:#000000; font:11px Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif}

/* The main submit button option */
input.mainoption{background:#fafafa;font-weight:bold}

/* None-bold submit button */
input.liteoption{background:#fafafa;font-weight:normal}

/* Quote & Code blocks */
.code{
background:#fafafa;
border:1px solid #d1d7dc;
color:#006600;
font:11px Courier,'Courier New',sans-serif
}
.quote{
background:#fafafa;
border:1px solid #d1d7dc;
color:#444444;
font:11px/125% Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif}