Well, there's no recommended size. That's up to you. As for making a
background repeat horizontally, that is done using CSS. Here's an example:
<style type="text/css">
body
{
background-image: url('../images/bodyBg.jpg');
background-repeat: repeat-x;}
</style>
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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
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