I need to know where I can find a black background with a lime green stripe or stripes down the left side. And I need to know how to get a frame to lay overtop of it so that it stays there the whole time... Or could you give me the code for a black and green frame? thanks... :)

question...
do you have photoshop? because this would be really easy to make in it.

to the second part of your question, tell your background to not repeat.
http://www.lissaexplains.com/css.shtml#stylebody

Here's a black background with green strips:
http://img44.photobucket.com/albums/v135/SSPrincess/Black_and_Green.gif

And if you want a frame to overlap it, then use an inline-frame:
http://www.lissaexplains.com/frames.shtml#inline

I hope this helps. Have a nice day! :)