IE browser compatibility...

[haplo31]

i got the site centered using the css trick for IE but now the only thing wrong is the tables at the top section are not working correctly. i have tried alot of different things with no luck. if can help that would be cool.

here is my css code currently...

/* Normal, standard links. */
a:link
{
   color: #00e84c;
   text-decoration: none;
}
a:visited
{
   color: #00e84c;
   text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover
{
   color: #ffffdb;
}

/* Navigation links - for the link tree. */
.nav, .nav:link, .nav:visited
{
   color: #CAC4B3;
   text-decoration: none;
}
a.nav:hover
{
   color: #eAf4B3;
}

/* Tables should show empty cells. */
table
{
   empty-cells: show;
}

/* By default (td, body..) use verdana in black. */
body, td, th , tr
{
   color: #ffffff;
   font-size: small;
   font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
}

/* The main body of the entire forum. */
body
{
   background: #330000;
   text-align: center;
   background-image: url(images/back.jpg);
   background-repeat: no-repeat;
   background-attachment: fixed;
   background-position: 50% 0%

}

/* Input boxes - just a bit smaller than normal so they align well. */
input, textarea, button
{
   color: #ffffff;
   background: black;
   font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
   border: solid 1px #666;
}
input, button
{
   font-size: 15px;
}

textarea
{
   font-size: 100%;
}

/* All input elements that are checkboxes or radio buttons. */
input.check
{
}

/* Selects are a bit smaller, because it makes them look even better Cool. */
select
{
   font-size: 90%;
   font-weight: normal;
   color: #fff;
   background: #000;
   font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
   border: solid 1px #666;
}

/* Standard horizontal rule.. (, etc.) */
hr, .hrcolor
{
   height: 1px;
   border: 0;
   color: #666666;
   background-color: #666666;
}

/* No image should have a border when linked */
a img
{
   border: 0;
}
/* A quote, perhaps from another post. */
.quote
{
   color: #000000;
   background-color: #D7DAEC;
   border: 1px solid #000000;
   margin: 1px;
   padding: 1px;
   font-size: x-small;
   line-height: 1.4em;
}

/* A code block - maybe even PHP Wink. */
.code
{
   color: #000000;
   background-color: #dddddd;
   font-family: "courier new", "times new roman", monospace;
   font-size: x-small;
   line-height: 1.3em;
   /* Put a nice border around it. */
   border: 1px solid #000000;
   margin: 1px auto 1px auto;
   padding: 1px;
   width: 99%;
   /* Don't wrap its contents, and show scrollbars. */
   white-space: nowrap;
   overflow: auto;
   /* Stop after about 24 lines, and just show a scrollbar. */
   max-height: 24em;
}

/* The "Quote:" and "Code:" header parts... */
.quoteheader, .codeheader
{
   color: #000000;
   text-decoration: none;
   font-style: normal;
   font-weight: bold;
   font-size: x-small;
   line-height: 1.2em;
}

/* Generally, those [?] icons.  This makes your cursor a help icon. */
.help
{
   cursor: help;
}

/* /me uses this a lot. (emote, try typing /me in a post.) */
.meaction
{
   color: red;
}

/* The main post box - this makes it as wide as possible. */
.editor
{
   width: 96%;
}

/* Highlighted text - such as search results. */
.highlight
{
   background-color: yellow;
   font-weight: bold;
   color: black;
}

/* Alternating backgrounds for posts, and several other sections of the forum. */
.windowbg
{
}
.windowbg2
{
}
.windowbg3
{
   font-style: italic;
   font-weight: bold;
}
/* the today container in calendar */
.calendar_today
{
   background-color: #606060;
}

/* These are used primarily for titles, but also for headers (the row that says what everything in the table is.) */
.titlebg, tr.titlebg th, tr.titlebg td, .titlebg2, tr.titlebg2 th, tr.titlebg2 td
{
   font-style: normal;
   border-bottom: solid 1px #555;
   padding-left: 10px;
   padding-right: 10px;
   color: #EFD8A5;
   font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;
}
.titlebg, .titlebg a:link, .titlebg a:visited
{
   font-weight: bold;
   font-style: normal;
}

.titlebg a:hover
{
   color: orange;
}
/* same as titlebg, but used where bold text is not needed */
.titlebg2 a:link, .titlebg2 a:visited
{
   font-style: normal;
   text-decoration: underline;
}

.titlebg2 a:hover
{
   text-decoration: underline;
}

/* This is used for categories, page indexes, and several other areas in the forum.
.catbg and .catbg2 is for boardindex, while .catbg3 is for messageindex and display headers*/
.catbg , tr.catbg td , .catbg3 , tr.catbg3 td
{
   background: url(images/catbg_mid.jpg) #000 repeat-x;
   color: #ffffff;
   padding-left: 10px;
   padding-right: 10px;
}
.catbg2 , tr.catbg2 td
{
   background: url(images/catbg_mid.jpg) #A1BFD9 repeat-x;
   color: #ffffff;
   padding-left: 10px;
   padding-right: 10px;
}

.catbg, .catbg2
{
   font-weight: bold;
}
.catbg3, tr.catbg3 td, .catbg3 a:link, .catbg3 a:visited
{
   font-size: 95%;
   color: white;
   text-decoration: none;
}
.catbg a:link, .catbg a:visited , .catbg2 a:link, .catbg2 a:visited
{
   color: white;
   text-decoration: none;
}
.catbg a:hover, .catbg2 a:hover, .catbg3 a:hover
{
   color: #e0e0ff;
}
/* This is used for tables that have a grid/border background color (such as the topic listing.) */
.bordercolor
{
}

/* This is used on tables that should just have a border around them. */
.tborder
{
}

/* Default font sizes: small (8pt), normal (10pt), and large (14pt). */
.smalltext
{
   font-size: x-small;
   font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
   color: #00efd0;
}
.middletext
{
   font-size: 90%;
}
.normaltext
{
   font-size: small;
}
.largetext
{
   font-size: large;
}


/* Posts and personal messages displayed throughout the forum. */
.post, .personalmessage
{
   width: 100%;
   overflow: auto;
   line-height: 1.3em;
}

/* All the signatures used in the forum.  If your forum users use Mozilla, Opera, or Safari, you might add max-height here Wink. */
.signature
{
   width: 100%;
   overflow: auto;
   padding-bottom: 3px;
   line-height: 1.3em;
}

/* Sometimes there will be an error when you post */
.error
{
   color: red;
}


/* definitions for the main tab, active means the tab reflects which page is displayed */
.maintab_first, .maintab_back, .maintab_last, .maintab_active_first, .maintab_active_back, .maintab_active_last
{
   color: white;
}
.maintab_back, .maintab_active_back, .maintab_back2
{
   color: white;
   text-decoration: none;
   padding: 0;
   font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;
}

.maintab_first
{
   display: none;
}
.maintab_back
{

}
.maintab_last
{
   display: none;
}
.maintab_active_first
{
   display: none;
}
.maintab_active_back
{
}
.maintab_active_last
{
   display: none;
}

/* how links behave in main tab. */
.maintab_back a, .maintab_back a:link , .maintab_back a:visited
{
   color: white;
   text-decoration: none;
   display: block;
   padding: 6px;
   font-size: xx-small;
}

.maintab_back2 a, .maintab_back2 a:link , .maintab_back2 a:visited
{
   color: white;
   text-decoration: none;
   display: block;
   padding: 6px;
}

.maintab_active_back a:link , .maintab_active_back a:visited
{
   color: #ffdFa0;
   text-decoration: none;
   display: block;
   padding: 6px;
   font-weight: bold;
}

.maintab_back a:hover
{
   color: #e0e0ff;
   background: #666;
}
.maintab_back2 a:hover, .maintab_active_back a:hover
{
   color: #e0e0ff;
   background: #444;
}
/* definitions for the main tab, active means the tab reflects which page is displayed */
.mirrortab_first, .mirrortab_back, .mirrortab_last, .mirrortab_active_first, .mirrortab_active_back, .mirrortab_active_last
{
   color: white;
}
.mirrortab_back, .mirrortab_active_back
{
   color: white;
   text-decoration: none;
   font-size:  small;
   padding: 0;
   font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;
}

.mirrortab_first
{
   display: none;
}
.mirrortab_back
{
}
.mirrortab_last
{
   display: none;
}
.mirrortab_active_first
{
   display: none;
}
.mirrortab_active_back
{
}
.mirrortab_active_last
{
   display: none;
}

/* how links behave in main tab. */
.mirrortab_back a:link , .mirrortab_back a:visited, .mirrortab_active_back a:link , .mirrortab_active_back a:visited
{
   color: white;
   text-decoration: none;
   display: block;
   padding: 6px;
}

.mirrortab_active_back a:link , .mirrortab_active_back a:visited
{
   color: white;
   text-decoration: none;
   display: block;
   padding: 6px;
   background: #6E1717;
   border: solid 1px #d0d0d0;
}

.mirrortab_back a:hover, .mirrortab_active_back a:hover
{
   color: #e0e0ff;
   background: #888;
}

/* The AJAX notifier */
#ajax_in_progress
{
   background: #32CD32;
   color: white;
   text-align: center;
   font-weight: bold;
   font-size: 18pt;
   padding: 3px;
   width: 100%;
   position: fixed;
   top: 0;
   left: 0;
}

/* ################################################ */
#maintable
{
   border-left: solid 1px #888;
   border-right: solid 1px #888;
   text-align: left;
   width: 800px;
   margin-left: auto;
   margin-right: auto;
   background: #6B6B6B;
}
#topsection
{
   background: url(images/topbanner_forum.jpg) no-repeat #414141;
   height: 250px;
   color: white;
   padding: 0 0 0px 20px;
}
#topleft
{
   color: #ddd;
   padding-top: 137px;
   padding-left: 435px;
   font: 8px;
}
#topsection a
{
   color: #dde;
}

#mainmenu
{
   background: #6b6b6b;
   padding: 6px;
}
#bodyarea
{
   padding: 0 30px 10px 30px;
   background: #001605;
   color: #cbcbcb;
}
#footerarea
{
   background: url(images/topbanner.jpg) no-repeat #444;
   padding: 10px;
}

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