Translucent table background

[Ice_Man]

Hey, I was wondering if there is any script/css that would allow me to have a transparent or translucent table background WITHOUT having the text or anything above the table turn translucent as well. I am currently using the code:
style="filter:alpha(opacity=75);-moz-opacity:.75;opacity:.75;"
(opacity=50)just in the preview to show my point.
in the <table> tag, I have tried everything from putting the code in different places and making nested tables but the code makes everything transparent above/on it.... Here is a link:

www.bikebasement.ca/template.html


Thanks
Ari

[Damnation]

not a big html coder, but i used a css file with this :
.TableTrans{
BACKGROUND-color: #000000;
FONT-WEIGHT: bold;
FONT-SIZE: 14px;
COLOR: #ffffff;
FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none;
filter: alpha(opacity=40); /* Used for IE opacity */
-moz-opacity: 0.40; /* used for mozilla opacity */
opacity: 0.5 /* used i think for opera opacity */
}

to make my tables translucent. and my text wasn't made translucent by it
<td class="TableTrans" width="100%" height= "100%" valign=top>

is how i accessed it. hope that helps

[Ice_Man]

nope it didnt work, I dont think i was accessing the code right tho. I saved it in my css file then linked to it like u said but it did nothing.