Is it possible with just CSS to have a white background color and then have 50% transparncy with:
.transparent_class {
filter:alpha(opacity=50);
-moz-opacity:0.5;
-khtml-opacity: 0.5;
opacity: 0.5;
}
and still have a solid white border?
opacity applies to the whole element. You can wrap the initial element with a parent element and put a border, or you can use rgba and apply your opacity to the background specifically, instead of the entire element.
.transparent_class { background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.5); border: 1px solid #FFF; }