I am opening a modal but when I do this the page behind the modal goes very dark. Can someone explain how I can change this. For example how could I make it so there\'s just a v
If you're looking to keep the backdrop behind the modal but make the backdrop completely transparent, set a transparent background-color instead of changing the opacity:
.modal-backdrop, .modal-backdrop.fade.in { background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0); }
This allows you to be able to click off of your modal and have your modal close while not actually seeing the backdrop.
If you are using bs 3, you can use data-backdrop="false" attribute in your link so you dont have to modify your base bootstrap files.
It's in the documentation
What your looking for is http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/javascript.html#modals modal backdrop static to disable closing on background click.
Also for the backdrop darkness adjust the
.modal-backdrop, .modal-backdrop.fade.in {
opacity: 0;
}