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I have been building a website that I like but it is a little bit 'busy' looking. I have a background image (a picture of bark) with multiple boxes floating on it with the info. For example, I have a boxs for navigation, one for the title, and one eith the article. They are spaced out so you can see the bark background through the cracks. I like this but it distracts from the main information in a way I dont want. How can I suround these boxes with a semi transparent white so that you can only lightly see the image through it. I still want the picture to be clear on the edges just have the 'fog' in the center. i tried putting them in an element that has the opacity set down but that affects all child elements. How can i do this but keep the inside text fully clear?

I have an image that kind of serves as an opaque background, and once hovered the opaqueness goes away. Also, I have a row of list items to serve as a menu, and once hovered the color of the text darkens to become more visible. This works great. As long as the mouse is directly over each element. The text element is directly over the background. What I want though is to have the background stay apparent as the text is hovered over, instead of the background becoming opaque again if I hover directly over the text. Can this be done without Javascript? Or is there a way with CSS3 to have the element that's being hovered over and another element change while interacting with only the list/menu elements? I would prefer a CSS solution if possible. Thank you in advance! Or even to put CSS inside Javascript? like have an if then statement for the text that says if there is a rollover event on the text/tables then it initiates the CSS :hover for the background?I want to use CSS rather than Javascript as much as possible because 1) I understand CSS and not JS, and 2) JS is ugly. Thanks again!!