Index: theme/standard/style/core.css
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--- theme/standard/style/core.css	(revision 8)
+++ theme/standard/style/core.css	(working copy)
@@ -42,6 +42,20 @@
 .headingblock .outline {border-color:#DDDDDD;}
 .header,
 .navbar {background-image:url([[pix:theme|hgradient]]);background-repeat: repeat-x;background-color:#e1e1df;}
+.stage0 .header,
+.stage0 .navbar,
+.stage1 .header,
+.stage1 .navbar,
+.stage2 .header,
+.stage2 .navbar,
+.stage3 .header,
+.stage3 .navbar,
+.stage4 .header,
+.stage4 .navbar,
+.stage5 .header,
+.stage5 .navbar,
+.stage6 .header,
+.stage6 .navbar { background-image: none; }
 
 .sitetopic {margin-bottom:1em;}
 .sitetopiccontent {border-color:#DDDDDD;background-color:#FFFFFF;}