Globally? You’d probably need to allow divs in your theme, then define styles for them
		
	 
	
	
	
 
		
			
	
	
		
		yeah thanks but how can I get the word “forums” when someone is browsing the forum section
this would be a possibility
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ยด<body id="bgimage-forums"`
		
	 
	
	
	
 
		
			
	
	
		
		Through the body class yes, but you can use what’s automatically generated instead. Use Firebug, FF add-on or view source code to see what class is being used. And then add image/s via CSS
e.g.
`body.forum {
background: #000066 url(images/blueblue.jpg);
}
body.groups {
background: #000000 url(images/blackblack.jpg);
}`
		
	 
	
	
	
 
		
			
	
	
		
		If you’re using BP 1.5, and the default theme, it has support for assigning page backgrounds to specific component pages now, in the standard WordPress way.
		
	 
	
	
	
 
		
			
	
	
		
		thanks mercime !
 @djpaul where can I get the old Default theme of BP. Can I use it for the new version of BP too?
		
	 
	
	
	
 
		
			
	
	
		
		 @linick, why is the default theme that comes with BP 1.5 (in beta) not sufficient?  It’s probably the highest quality Buddypress theme out there.  Have you found a gap in features/functionality in the old vs new or vice versa?
		
	 
	
	
	
 
		
			
	
	
		
		the old one was tiny…with the 3 columns