[Steven Zahm]

Ok, I see … you’ll have to create a CSS gradient that is compatible with every browser. I use the Colorzilla CSS Gradient Generator.

Since you have the latest Tile Plus installed now … you can use these two new options. You could simply change the background color to black or you could disable both by setting the back ground to no and and turning off the gradient so you can easily use your own CSS for the gradient.

As for linking the name … sorry, not possible without editing the core template file and writing a bit of custom code. The reason is that the name is reserved for linking to the individual entry page.