color behind my date?, i swear i've searched this entire site. Options

[singingtara85]

i hope i'm not just crazy...
i'm a "newbie".

i know there's some way that you can put a color behind your date.
the purpose of this would be so one could read the date even if there were a "busy" background behind it.

it would also be cool to box the date, and choose a color for the border. maybe this is just wishful thinking, though.

thanks for your help!

[heyyfrankie]

CODE

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com -->
<style type="text/css">

div.blogheader, .caption {
/* edits the dates */
font-family: arial;
text-transform: lowercase;
font-size: 15px;
font-weight: regular;
line-height: 13px;
color: #hex code;
letter-spacing: 1px;
background-color: #hex code;
text-align: center;
border: 1px solid #hex code;
}
</style>
<!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

[singingtara85]

oh i got it to work!!! yay, thanks so much.

last question about this... how do i modify the width of the "date box" so it lines up with my header and boxed entries?

maybe i can figure it out, but if you know the answer it'd be greatly appreciated!