I have read a couple of topics about backgrounds and I have tried everything but nothing will change my BG. I just want a plain white background and black text. 

Can you tell me what I am duing wrong? Below I have pasted the main template.

Thank you in advance for any advice

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body {
background-color: #FFFFFF;
background-image: ;
background-position: center top;
background-repeat: repeat;

}
a:link, a:visited {
    color: #963130;
    text-decoration: underline;
}
a:hover, a:active {
    color: #ba7978;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Buttons */
.button {
 background: #963130;
 color: #FFF !important;
}
.button:hover {
 background: #c36867;
}

/* Top */
#top h1 {
 color: #963130;
}

#search input {
 background: #FFFFFF;
 color: #FFF;
}
#search label input {
 background: #FFF;
 color: #000;
 border: 1px solid #999;
}

/* Bar */
#bar {
     background: #FFFFFF background-repeat: repeat;
 color: #FFFFFF;
}
 #bar a:link, #bar a:visited {
     color: #d4d2ce;
     text-decoration: none;
 }
 #bar a:hover, #bar a:active {
     text-decoration: underline;
 }
 
 #cart {
  color: #FFF;
  background: transparent url(http://stores.mybisi.com/templates/01/_images/brown/cart-icon.gif) 0 25px no-repeat;
 }
 
 #cart-total strong {
  color: #963130;
 }

/* Content */
#content h2, #side h2 {
 color: #963130;
}
 #content h3 {
  color: #963130;
 }
 
 #products td p, p.price {
  color: #6c6456;
 }

/* Side */
#side li a:link, #side li a:visited {
    color: #6c6456;
    text-decoration: none;
}
#side li a:hover, #side li a:active {
    color: #a1998c;
}

/* Footer */
#footer p, #footer a {
 color: #b56e6e;
}

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