CSS3 Striped Backgrounds
HTML
<div class="horizontal stripes"></div>
<div class="vertical stripes"></div>
<div class="picnic stripes"></div>
<div class="angled stripes"></div>
<div class="angled-135 stripes"></div>
<div class="checkered stripes"></div>
CSS
body {
font-family: Georgia, serif;
}
.horizontal {
background-color: #0ae;
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0 0, 0 100%, color-stop(.5, rgba(255, 255, 255, .2)), color-stop(.5, transparent), to(transparent));
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .2) 50%, transparent 50%, transparent);
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .2) 50%, transparent 50%, transparent);
background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .2) 50%, transparent 50%, transparent);
}
#footer {
text-align: center;
clear: both;
padding-top: .5em;
border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
font-variant: small-caps;
}