Hi, in this tutorial i will present you one effect by change background color when mouse is over the container, you can change the color, the size of the container, the time etc.

<style>
body {
background:#ccc;
text-align:left;
color:#333;
width:800px;
font-size:14px;
font-family:georgia, 'time new romans', serif;
margin:0 auto;
padding:0;
}
a{
color:#333;
text-decoration:none
}
a:focus {
outline: none;
}
h1 {
font-size: 34px;
font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
letter-spacing:-2px;
color:#dff161;
font-weight:700;
padding:20px 0 0;
text-shadow:0 1px 1px #333;
}
h2 {
font-size: 24px;
font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
color:#333;
font-weight: 400;
padding: 0 0 10px;
text-shadow:0 1px 1px #708819;
}
h3, h3 a{
font-size:14px;
font-family:verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
letter-spacing:-1px;
color:#333;
font-weight: 700;
text-transform:uppercase;
margin:0;
padding:8px 0 8px 0;
}
p {
color:#333;
float:left;
line-height:22px;
margin:5px;
padding:0 0 10px;
}
#container {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.boxes {
background:#fff;
border:1px solid #ccc;
float:left;
padding:10px;
position:relative;
width:710px;
}
img {
border:5px solid #CCCCCC;
}
div.info {
border-bottom:1px solid #CCCCCC;
float:left;
margin:0;
padding:0;
width:100%;
}
.block {
color:#0066CC;
float:left;
overflow:hidden;
position:relative;
width:710px;
}
.block h4, .block h4 a{
color:#333333;
font-size:11px;
padding:5px 0;
text-shadow:0 1px 1px #DFF161;
text-transform:uppercase;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://jqueryjs.googlecode.com/files/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
<!-- include Google's AJAX API loader -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$(".boxes").hover(function() {
$(this).stop().animate({ backgroundColor: "#a7bf51"}, 800);
},function() {
$(this).stop().animate({ backgroundColor: "#ffffff" }, 800);
});
});
</script>
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