[SOLVED] Sidebar background image + Footer text placement

I've tried searching and there weren't any solution detailed enough for me.

Issue 1:

I'm having problems getting a my right inner sidebar to display my opaque *.png back ground image. I would like to repeat it.

This is what I've entered in the the style right inner sidebar field in the theme options:

background: url(http://splatinum.com/wp-content/them...es/sidebar.png) repeat top left;

It's live right now in the sidebar, as is: http://splatinum.com



Issue 2:

I have a pretty large footer image, but not sure how to get the text to display closer to the top of the footer.

Currently, the style is this:

background: url(http://splatinum.com/wp-content/them...ges/footer.png);
padding: 150px;
text-align: center;
color: #663366;
font-size: 95%;

This is also live in the footer: http://splatinum.com


Ok, thanks and please don't slam us too hard. We're just musicians trying to hack a website together on no budget.