VB 3.8.4 opaque forum
 

Hi* I'm trying to make the main content areas of my forum partially opaque* using CSS3 rgba values.
I set the background values of the page with the following code:

Code:
background: rgb(40* 40* 40);
background: rgba(40* 40* 40* .8);
That works fine* the page section becomes partially opaque and the background image can be slightly seen.

Now I try to make the other sections (category* header* footer* 1st +2nd alternating colours* etc) fully transparent so that I don't have overlapping opacity values* but it's not working* and just shows a black background* like so. This image is with just the category strips modified* everything else is unchanged.

http://iamacyborg.com/blog/http://ia...ansparency.jpg

So that didn't work. I then tried using a fully transparent png image and using that as a background for the category strips. Made sure I'd reset the cache on my browser and still got the same thing.

If anyone's got any idea about where I'm going wrong* I'd really appreciate the help.