How come my container's are displaying a white background? - html

Question

I'm using the Nathan Smith Grid System and everything I wrap with the "container_12" class has a white background. What I want is it to be transparent.
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/JordanSimps/RZvxn/1/
HTML:
<!-- Beginning of the blue top header -->
<div class="top-header-wrap">
<div class="container_12">
<div class="top-header">
<div class="grid_2">
<img class="hover" src="http://www.dubstepcast.com/images/phone.png" /> [phone]
</div>
<div class="grid_3">
<img src="http://www.dubstepcast.com/images/mail.png" /> info#experienceheritage.org
</div>
<div id="social">
<div class="grid_7">
<ul>
<li id="twitter"><img id="twitter" src="http://www.dubstepcast.com/images/twitter.png" /></li>
<li id="pinterest"><img id="pinterest" src="http://www.dubstepcast.com/images/pinterest.png" /></li>
<li id="facebook"><img id="facebook" src="http://www.dubstepcast.com/images/facebook.png" /></li>
<li id="google"><img id="google" src="http://www.dubstepcast.com/images/google.png" /></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- End of the blue top header -->
<!-- Beginning of the second header - Logo & Navigation buttons -->
<div class="container_12">
<div class="bottom-header">
<!-- LOGO BEGINS HERE -->
<div class="grid_2">
<p><img class="logo" src="http://www.dubstepcast.com/images/logo2.png" /></p>
</div>
<!-- LOGO ENDS HERE -->
<!-- NAVIGATION BUTTONS BEGIN HERE -->
<div class="grid_8 prefix_2">
<ul class='navbar navbar-horizontal'>
<a href="#" id="panel-1" class="drop-shadow raised">
Home
</a>
<a href="#" id="panel-2">
FAQ's
</a>
<a href="#" id="panel-3">
Invite
</a>
<a href="#" id="panel-4">
Contact
</a>
</ul>
</div>
<!-- NAVIGATION BUTTONS END HERE -->
</div>
</div>
<!-- End of the second header - Logo & Navigation buttons -->
CSS:
#charset "UTF-8";
/* CSS Document */
body {
background-image: url('http://www.dubstepcast.com/images/bg.jpg');
background-repeat: repeat-x repeat-y;
color: #333;
font-size: 11px;
height: auto;
padding-bottom: 20px;
}
a {
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
}
h1 {
font-family: Georgia, serif;
font-weight: normal;
padding-top: 20px;
text-align: center;
}
h2 {
padding-top: 20px;
text-align: center;
}
p {
border: 1px solid #666;
overflow: hidden;
padding: 10px 0;
text-align: center;
}
/* HEADER */
/* TOP HEADER */
.top-header {
color: #FFF;
font-family: "Helvetica";
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 12px;
background: #11A1B1;
height: 43px;
padding-top: 15px;
}
.top-header a {
color: #FFF;
font-family: "Helvetica";
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 12px;
text-decoration: none;
}
.top-header a:hover {
color: #D3582D;
text-decoration: none;
}
.top-header-wrap {
border-top: solid 3px #32BED0;
background: #11A1B1;
height: 58px;
}
/* SOCIAL ICONS */
#social {
height: 35px;
}
#social li {
display: inline;
}
/* TWITTER */
#social ul #twitter a {
background-image: url('http://www.dubstepcast.com/images/twitter.png');
width: 18px;
height: 18px;
}
#social ul #twitter a:hover {
background-image: url('http://www.dubstepcast.com/images/twitter.png');
width: 18px;
height: 18px;
}
/* PINTEREST */
#social ul #pinterest a {
background-image: url('http://www.dubstepcast.com/images/pinterest.png');
width: 18px;
height: 18px;
}
#social ul #pinterest a:hover {
background-image: url('http://www.dubstepcast.com/images/pinterest_active.png');
width: 18px;
height: 18px;
}
/* FACEBOOK */
#social {
text-align: right;
}
#social ul #facebook a {
background-image: url('http://www.dubstepcast.com/images/facebook.png');
width: 18px;
height: 18px;
}
#social ul #facebook a:hover {
background-image: url('http://www.dubstepcast.com/images/facebook_active.png');
width: 18px;
height: 18px;
}
/* GOOGLE */
#social ul #google a {
background-image: url('http://www.dubstepcast.com/images/google.png');
width: 18px;
height: 18px;
}
#social ul #google a:hover {
background-image: url('http://www.dubstepcast.com/images/google_active.png');
width: 18px;
height: 18px;
}
/* BOTTOM HEADER */
.bottom-header {
margin-top: 10px;
height: 155px;
}
.bottom-header img {
margin-top: 25px;
}
.drop-shadow {
position:relative;
float:left;
width:40%;
padding:1em;
margin:2em 10px 4em;
background:#fff;
-webkit-box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
-moz-box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
}
.drop-shadow:before,
.drop-shadow:after {
content:"";
position:absolute;
z-index:-2;
}
.drop-shadow p {
font-size:16px;
font-weight:bold;
}
/*
* Kwicks: Sexy Sliding Panels for jQuery - v2.1.0
* http://devsmash.com/projects/navbar
*
* Copyright 2013 Jeremy Martin (jmar777)
* Contributors: Duke Speer (Duke3D)
* Released under the MIT license
* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
*/
.navbar {
height: 100px;
display: block;
list-style-type: none;
list-style: none;
position: relative;
margin: 55px 0 0 25px;
padding: 0;
}
.navbar > a {
font-weight: 400;
font-family: "Helvetica";
letter-spacing: 1px;
border-radius: 0px 0px 5px 5px;
-moz-border-radius: 0px 0px 5px 5px;
-webkit-border-radius: 0px 0px 5px 5px;
-o-border-radius: 0px 0px 5px 5px;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 10px 15px -8px rgba(62, 62, 62, 0.5), 0 1px 4px rgba(62, 62, 62, 0.2), 0 0 40px rgba(62, 62, 62, 0) inset;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 10px 15px -8px rgba(62, 62, 62, 0.5), 0 1px 4px rgba(62, 62, 62, 0.2), 0 0 40px rgba(62, 62, 62, 0) inset;
box-shadow: 0 10px 15px -8px rgba(62, 62, 62, 0.5), 0 1px 4px rgba(62, 62, 62, 0.2), 0 0 40px rgba(62, 62, 62, 0) inset;
font-size: 16px;
width: 125px;
height: 18px;
margin-left: 5px;
float: left;
text-align: center;
padding: 25px 0 30px 0;
}
.navbar > a p {
font-family: "Helvetica";
font-weight: lighter;
color: #11A1B1;
margin-top: 4px;
font-size: 10px;
letter-spacing: normal;
}
.navbar > a:hover p {
color: #11A1B1;
}
.navbar > a:hover {
color: #D3582D;
}
.navbar > * {
display: block;
overflow: hidden;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
.navbar.navbar-processed > * {
margin: 0;
position: absolute;
}
.navbar-horizontal > * {
float: left;
}
.navbar-horizontal > :first-child {
margin-left: 0;
}
.navbar-vertical > :first-child {
margin-top: 0;
}
#panel-1 {
background-color: #464646;
border-top: solid 3px #11A1B1;
}
#panel-2 {
background-color: #464646;
border-top: solid 3px #11A1B1;
}
#panel-3 {
background-color: #464646;
border-top: solid 3px #11A1B1;
}
#panel-4 {
background-color: #464646;
border-top: solid 3px #11A1B1;
}
/* GIVES THE DROP-SHADOW ON THE NAVIGATION BUTTONS MORE OF A REALISTIC LOOK */
.drop-shadow {
position: relative;
float: left;
width: 40%;
padding: 1em;
margin: 2em 10px 4em;
background: #FFF;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
}
.drop-shadow:before, .drop-shadow:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
z-index: -2;
}
.drop-shadow p {
font-size: 16px;
font-weight: bold;
}

Answer 1

According to your jsfiddle the following CSS rules are being applied to container_12 in the demo.css file
.container_12, .container_16, .container_24 {
background-color: #fff; /* Makes the background white */
background-repeat: repeat-y;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
So you can either remove these or overwrite them with
.container_12 {
background: none
}

Answer 2

add this to css
.container_12{
background: transparent;
}

Answer 3

as per firebug, this is line 2 of demo.css
.container_12, .container_16, .container_24 {
background-color: #FFFFFF;
background-repeat: repeat-y;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
so use
#div.container_12 {
background-color: transparent;
}
to override it with greater specificity

Answer 4

You have background-color: #fff; set in demo.css
Change it to background-color: transparent;