nothing that i edit is changing the theme i am using. nothing. well very minute changes. i have edited the style.css file, and the theme.html file, trying to delete the black color back ground and replace it with a image background. hell i went through both files and deleted every trace of the color black, and it still loads the black background. so i went in and changed both the file names so technially site shouldnt work at all, and it still works fine, with very minute changes :(

is there some other hidden file thats supposed to be edited? only other file in there besideds images is Thumbs.db.

Go to the Administration Menu. Under System Module, goto Preferences then General Settings. Select yes for "Update module template .html files from themes/your theme/templates directory?". Lastly, click the Go! button.