This is an example page accompanying the article Photoshop 101 - The Gradient Tool. It shows how to apply a background gradient to a web page using a 1px wide image. The source code is below and you can download a copy of the source here.
<html>
<head>
<title>
Your title here
</title>
<style type="text/css" media="screen">@import "css/screen.css";</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<p>Your content here
</div>
</body>
</html>
body
{
font: 62.5%/1.5 "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;
background: url(../images/gradient.jpg) repeat-x;
color: #333366;
text-align:center;
}
#wrapper
{
width:1000px;
text-align:left;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}