I wanna know how you can make the background color for entries 50% opaque so that you can still see the image in the background. I tried

<style type="text/css">table.blogbody {
/* this edits the other the place where the blog is */
border: 1px dashed #FF8080;
background-color: #990000;
filter:alpha(opacity=50%);}
</style>

but it also makes the text semi-transparent and I only want the background transparent so how do i do that?

like in this Xanga skin, the entry box has a 50% opaque background for the entry box and the text inside is still fully opaque but I don't see how it's being done in the code.

that skin, it's just the image was made that way http://images.xangsters.com/xanga/09/2034.jpg Sorry I don't know the code to just make the blog 50% opaque. I usually see it done and it causes everything to be semi-transparent.

... You can upload this to your own server and use it as a background.
[ http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v394/Kan...cb_stuff/bg.png ]
I'm not sure if that'll work though, Photobucket is stupid when it upload sometimes.