i need some help understanding templates

[Neo_Angelo]

Yeah, i'm no advance skinner as of yet but i've made a really nice skin but i would like to add template edits to add images underneith things like the Whats going on box and forums....my dilemma is, i do not understand how to fully use templates, anyways what i'd ike to know is a simple tutorial i can understand that will help me make sence of how to add template changes so i can add images in certain areas of the forums....all the tutorials i've looked through don't have what i'm looking for and to me i can't seem to get my head around.

anyways heres what i want to do....i want to use template edits to add this image to my forums in certain area's:



now on skins usually theres a code you use called Repeat X-left....now i know my image is WAY to big so i'll cut it down to about 30 pixels wide, so using the repaet code would extend the image all the way across the page untill it reaches the other end of the forums....correct?

what i need to know is what codes i can use now i've uploaded it to my server in which templates and where. i would really appreciate it if someone could give me an example code i could work from since i'm not very good at this...i'm a n00b to coding.

basically i want the end product to look like this:



could someone please point me in the right direction as i'm lost as to how to do it.

much appreciated and thanks in advance guys!