gradient background

hi friends,

how can I put a gradient background for the page.
although I know it is possible using any photo editor like Paint.Net, but here I need to set this background for the entire page and if I make an image for this purpose using paint.net then the image will take so much time to load.

Is there any way so that i can set such a background without a background-image?

like this one http://free.avg.com/

They're using a background image for that effect. Check this out:

http://free.avg.com/stc/tpl/crp/img/body_bg.jpg

And this is how it was implemented:body {
background:#EBF5FC url(../img/body_bg.jpg) repeat-x scroll 0;
margin:30px 0 20px;
padding:0;
}

The trick to this type of background image use is to make it a small sliver (so the download time is far less) and then tile it horizontally.

That is cool, I would like that too!