How do I make a gradient background using CSS?

“I know that it is possible to give your site a gradient effect in the background color by using css.”

Then you must know something that the rest of us don’t. There is currently no clean way[1] of generating gradients without images via CSS except for the proprietory MS IE filters[2].

[1] Clean as in without multiple superfluous and unsemantic divs.
[2] Which obviously only works in Internet Explorer.

If you must: http://www.designdetector.com/2005/09/css-gradients-demo.php

I’m aware that cpoteet isn’t really recommending this method but I wish to point out that I’m 100% against this method (read my footnote [1] above). Little gain, major cost. Just use images.