[Kilikina]

How this look is acheived.... I mean the opacity that is below the menu on this website? http://www.lifestylehomes.ca/

I would really like to do something like this on a site. I saw it once also as a menu that you could see the background image through the menu.

Any ideas? Is it css?

[CeiCei]

You can accomplish this by using the following in your css

/Internet Explorer uses the following. To set the value use 0 to 100/
filter:alpha(opacity=x);

/Firefox uses the following. To set the value use 0.0 to 1.0/
opacity:x;

It's best to put the area you want on top of the background in a div...example

div.textbox {
filter:alpha(opacity:60);
opacity:0.6;
}

You can accomplish this by using the following in your css

/Internet Explorer uses the following. To set the value use 0 to 100/
filter:alpha(opacity=x);

/Firefox uses the following. To set the value use 0.0 to 1.0/
opacity:x;

It's best to put the area you want on top of the background in a div...example

div.textbox {
filter:alpha(opacity:60);
opacity:0.6;
}

[CeiCei]

I had to wait to get home in order to give you an example of how to make things transparent.

Transparency Test

Here is the way it was done

CSS File:

body {
background-color:#ffffff;
font: 12px Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#6D006D;
background-image:url(images/star_trek05.jpg);
}
div.textbox {
/*Used for IE browsers. Value is set from 0 to 100*/
filter:alpha(opacity=50);
/*Used for Firefox browsers. Value is set from 0.0 to 1.0*/
opacity:0.5;
width:300px;
height:500px;
background-color:#65FEFE;
position:relative;
top:200px;
left:700px;
font: bold 16px Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#000000;
}

The HTML page:

<div class="textbox">
This is where your text will go.


</div>

I hope that helps you.

[Kilikina]

cool thanks ceicei. I will be trying that out in a new design soon.

What do you think would be different inf you are using in a unodered list menu?

Sorry for all the q's. I am just realizing lately how little I really do know in css and how much I need to learn. So much fun.