Hi Michelle, I believe that Skech is using the long thin bar method (at least that's what I call it) where he takes a long thin rectangle that is at least as tall or even a little taller than the page and applies the colours to it. Then a bitmap copy is made (or if you are using one of the web designer programs you need to export and and reimport the bitmap) and you simply set the bitmap as your background. I recall a video that showed this process nicely, I'm sure if you ask in the Xara Web Design Forum that some one there will be able to help you find a link to that video, and/or answer any further questions you have about this