link & module background Options

[miix-tape]

i just made a layout using this code for the first time. everything turned out good except 2 things. the left modules & the links in the entries have a white background. i want them to be transparent. this is what it looks like so far.
here is the code

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br /><script language=javascript><br />document.title=("I MISS YOU")<br /></script><br /><br /><br /><style type="text/css"><br />Body {background-color: #000000; background-image: url("http://img321.imageshack.us/img321/7893/iwillmissyoubylauchapos0wf.jpg<br />"); background-attachment: fixed; background-repeat: NO-repeat; background-position: BOTTOM LEFT; text-align: LEFT; font-family: georgia; color: #FFFFFF; font-size: xx-small; text-decoration: none; }<br />:link {color: #000000; background-color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none; }<br />a:link {color: #000000; background-color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none; }<br />a:visited {color: #CCFFFF; text-decoration: none; }<br />a:active {color: #666666; text-decoration: none; }<br />a:hover {color: #CCFFFF; text-decoration: none; }<br />.nav.link {color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; }<br />a.nav:link {color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; }<br />a.nav:visited {color: #CCFFFF; text-decoration: none; }<br />a.nav:active {color: #666666; text-decoration: none; }<br />a.nav:hover {color: #CCFFFF; text-decoration: none; }<br />.navselected.link {color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; }<br />a.navselected:link {color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; }<br />a.navselected:visited {color: #CCFFFF; text-decoration: none; }<br />a.navselected:active {color: #666666; text-decoration: none; }<br />a.navselected:hover {color: #CCFFFF; text-decoration: none; }<br />.footernav.link {color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; }<br />a.footernav:link {color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; }<br />a.footernav:visited {color: #CCFFFF; text-decoration: none; }<br />a.footernav:active {color: #666666; text-decoration: none; }<br />a.footernav:hover {color: #CCFFFF; text-decoration: none; }<br />p, center {font-family: Georgia; color: #666666; font-size: xx-small; text-decoration: none; }<br />.smalltext {font-size: xx-small; }<br />LI {font-family: Georgia; color: #666666; font-size: xx-small; text-decoration: none; }<br />UL {font-family: Georgia; color: #666666; font-size: xx-small; text-decoration: none; }<br />TD {font-family: Georgia; color: #666666; font-size: xx-small; text-decoration: none; }<br />TH {font-family: Georgia; color: #666666; font-size: xx-small; text-decoration: none; }<br />HR {color: #FFFFFF;}<br />table.banner { background-color: #TRANSPARENT; border: 1px solid #FFFFFF; background-image: none; }<br />table.header { width: 100%; background-color: transparent; border: transparent; }<br />table.header TH {font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; border: none; }<br />table.header TD {font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small; text-decoration: none; border: none; }<br />table.navigation { width: 100%; border: none; }<br />table.footer { width: 100%; border: none; }<br />table.main { width: 100%; border: none; }<br />table.main TD, table.main TR { border: none; }<br />table.search { color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent; border: 1px solid #FFFFFF; }<br />table.search TH { color: #FFFFFF; background-color: transparent; border: 1px solid #FFFFFF; background-image: none; }<br />table.search TD, table.search TR { color: #4EFFB2; background-color: transparent; border: none; background-image: none; }<br />table.left { border: 1px solid #FFFFFF; }<br />table.left TH { color: #4EFFB2; background-color: transparent; text-align: left; border: none; background-image: none; }<br />table.left TD, table.left TR { color: #4EFFB2; background-color: transparent; text-align: left; border: none; background-image: none; }<br />table.right { border: 1px solid #FFFFFF; }<br />table.right TH { color: #4EFFB2; background-color: transparent; text-align: left; border: none; background-image: none; }<br />table.right TD, table.right TR { color: #4EFFB2; background-color: transparent; text-align: left; border: none; background-image: none; }<br />table.announcements { border: 1px solid #FFFFFF; background-image: none; }<br />table.announcements TH { border: 1px solid #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 2px solid #FFFFFF; background-image: none; }<br />table.announcements TD, table.announcements TR { border: none; background-image: none; }<br />.button {font-family: Georgia; border: 1px solid #FFFFFF; }<br />.textfield {font-family:Georgia; border: 1px solid #FFFFFF; }<br />.pulldown {font-family: Georgia; border: 1px solid #FFFFFF; }<br />table.textad {border: 2px solid #00ffcc;}4EFFB2; background-color: #4EFFB2; border: none; background-image: none; }<br />.textad:link {color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline; }<br />a.textad:link {color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline; }<br />a.textad:visited {color: #CCFFFF; text-decoration: underline; }<br />a.textad:active {color: #CCFFFF; text-decoration: none; }<br />.blogheader {font-family: Georgia; color: #4EFFB2; font-size: xx-small; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 4pt; }<br /></style></head><body><center><span><div style="height: 79px"></div><br /><br /><style type="text/css"><br />table.footer, table.search, #rblEprops, hr {display: none;}<br /><br /><br />BODY {<br />scrollbar-face-color: #ffffff;<br />scrollbar-shadow-color: #4EFFB2;<br />scrollbar-highlight-color: #4EFFB2;<br />scrollbar-3dlight-color: #4EFFB2;<br />scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #4EFFB2;<br />scrollbar-track-color: #ffffff;<br />scrollbar-arrow-color: #4EFFB2;<br />background-color: #TRANSPARENT;<br />font-family: Georgia;<br />font-size:8pt;<br />font-color: #FFFFFF;<br />line-height:150%;<br />text-align: LEFT;<br />}<br /><br />center, font{<br />font-family: Georgia;<br />font-size: 8pt;<br />font-color: #FFFFFF;<br />line-height: 12px;}<br />table.left {<br />background-color: #TRANSPARENT;<br />border:0px;<br />}<br />table.blogbody {<br />/* this edits the other the place where the blog is */<br />background-color: #TRANSPARENT;<br />border-top: 4px SOLID #4EFFB2;<br />border-left: 1px solid #4EFFB2;<br />border-right: 1px solid #4EFFB2;<br />border-bottom: 1px solid #1EC2B8 ;<br />width: 100%;<br />width:360;<br />text-align: center;<br />}<br />table.left TD {<br />background-color: #TRANSPARENT;<br />color: #FFFFFF;<br />border: 0px;<br />text-align: center;<br />}<br />div.blogheader, .caption {<br />/* edits the dates */<br />background-color: #TRANSPARENT;<br />line-height:28px;<br />font-family:eight track;<br />text-transform: lowercase;<br />font-size:28px;<br />font-weight:normal;<br />text-align: center;<br />color: #99FFFF;<br />letter-spacing:0px;<br />padding-top:1px;<br />padding-bottom:0px;<br />border-top: 2px solid #4EFFB2;<br />border-left: 2px solid #4EFFB2;<br />border-right: 2px solid #1EC2B8 ;<br />width: 360px;<br />}<br />.blogbody{<br />border-top: 1px solid #4EFFB2;<br />color: #FFFFFF;<br />background-color: #transparent;<br />}<br />.blogbody td{<br />width: 0px;<br />padding-left: 0px}<br />input, select, menu, #htmleditor, textarea, .textfield, .button{<br />border: none;<br />font-family:"arial";<br />font-size:8pt;<br />font-color: #FFFFFF;<br />line-height:150%;<br />background-color: #TRANSPARENT;<br />text-align: center;<br />}<br />.module, .module, .blogbody, table.footer, .standard, .modulemodulefontcolor, td, p, .content, .smalltext{<br />font-family: arial;<br />font-size: 8pt;<br />color: #FFFFFF;<br />text-align: center;<br />}<br />STRONG{<br />COLOR: #4EFFB2<br /> <br />letter-spacing: 0pt;<br />cursor: crosshair;}<br />A:link{<br />font-family:impact;<br />text-decoration:none;<br />font-size: 8pt;<br />color: #FFFFFF;<br />}<br />A:visited{<br />text-decoration:none;<br />font-family:impact;<br />font-size: 8pt;<br />color: #FFFFFF;<br />}<br />a:active{<br />font-size:8pt;<br />color: #FFFFFF}<br />A:hover{<br />/* edits when user mouseovers the links */<br />  color:#4EFFB2;<br />  border:1px dotted #4EFFB2;<br />  font:normal 8pt tahoma;<br />  line-height:11px;<br />  cursor:no-drop;<br />  letter-spacing:-0px;<br />  height: 0; <br />  PADDING-TOP: 1px; <br />  PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; <br />  PADDING-RiGHT: 1px; <br />  PADDING-LEFT: 1px; <br />  text-align: center;<br /> }<br />.blogbody b, .standard b, p b, i, strong {<br />/* edits bolded text in your entry */<br />font-weight: bold;<br />color: #4EFFB2;<br />}<br />.search, .searchbarborder, .footer, hr, banner{ display: none; }<br />.navigation { display: none; font-weight: none !important; width: 100% !important; font-size: 10px;}<br />.navigation * div { display: none; float: right; font-weight: none !important}<br /></style><br /><style type"=text/css><br />/* edit to your liking */<br />texttable.left, td.mainleft, table.left, table.navigation, table.search{display:none}<br />table.blogbody tr td {width:0px; padding: 0px;}<br />table.module { border: 1px solid #4EFFB2; width:165px; background-color: #TRANSPARENT; }<br />table.module th { font:8pt tahoma;<br />color: #FFFFFF;<br />border-top: 1px solid #ffffff;<br />border-bottom: 4px solid #1EC2B8  ;<br />border-left: 0px solid;<br />border-right: 0px solid; }<br />table.module td { background-color: #ffffff;<br />border-top: 4px solid #4EFFB2;<br />border-left: 0px solid #1EC2B8 ;<br />border-right: 0px solid #1EC2B8 ;<br />border-bottom: 0px solid #1EC2B8  ;<br />;}<br />U {font-family:tahoma; color: #1EC2B8; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size:8pt; font-style: border; border-bottom: #4EFFB2;}<br />P {font-family:tahoma; color: #666666; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center;}<br />B, STRONG {font-family:tahoma; font-weight: bold; color: #1EC2B8 ; letter-spacing:none;font-size: 11px;}<br />i, EM {font-family: tahoma; font-qwight: normal; color: #4EFFB2; letter-spacing:none;}<br /><style></style></style><br /><!-- add this below all the CSS --><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><table border=0 width="500"><tr><td valign="top" width="160"><br /><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%" class="module"><tr><th valign="top" align="center" class="module"<a> THE ONE YOU FORGOT;</th></tr><tr><td valign="top" class="module"><br /><br />TYPE SOME RAMBLINGS ABOUT YOUR SELF HERE <img src="http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5524/b43805153vi7fv.jpg">. 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can anyone help me?