Just for fun

Set with CSS:

• Opacity set to 60% in the textblock
• Opacity set to 40% in the footer
• gif animation made in Photoshop for the color cycling in the background
• Opacity set on the image at 60% with the .textblock rule

  #container .textblock {
  background-color: #FFFFFF;
  border: 1px solid #0066CC;
  left: 50px;
  top: 50px;
  filter: alpha(opacity=60); (used by IE)
  opacity: .6; (used by Firefox)
  }