I'm working on my own website since i'm taking html/java programing class, and i need help with 2 things at the moment.

1. How do you make a gradient (going top to bottom) as a background?
2. How do you make a button do 2 things at once (in this case since i'm using frames, change the page in 2 frames at once)

thats all at the moment, please help if you can.

1. you can use a really tall image like... 3 pixels wide, and 2000 pixels high. the gradient itself would be the image you create. as it tiles on the background, it will look like a large image.

2. check here...
http://www.lissaexplains.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8391