getting rid of latest pics?

[philbyuk]

hi im new to EE2 and would like to make a couple of changes to the layout

i have been looking in the template folder but cant seem to find the script to alter the latest pics panel?

how do you remove the left hand side panel and contents?
and also how do you change the colour of the main background?
thanks

[jeronimo]

To change the layout of your index page you have to go to templates/pages/ee_2_default(_UDM)/index/default_XHTML_content.php

And for all the other pages you'll find it now very easy.

The background collor for EE you can change in the control panel under styles (and then the big texbox on the bottom)