NETQUOTEVAR:FOOTERGUIDE alignment problems

[jamescheema]

Hi everyone. When i preview the site in firefox, the footerguide is aligned correctly - to the right. However in internet explorer it moves further left and is more centralised. No idea how this came about, i have tried adding tables, changing widths, but to no avail. I'v attached the code for the top 2 tables and also some screenshots of the problem. Hopefully someone can come up with a solution!

<table width="91%" height="85" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" background="bannerbackground.jpg">
  <tr>
    <th height="81" scope="col"><div align="left"><img src="logo1.jpg" width="489" height="81" align="top"></div></th>
  </tr>
</table>
<table width="91%" height="34" border="0" align="center" background="middlebarbackground.gif">
  <tr>
    <th width="175" scope="col"><div align="left">NETQUOTEVAR:SIMPLESEARCH</div></th>
    <th width="525" align="right" scope="col"><div align="right">NETQUOTEVAR:FOOTERGUIDE</div></th>
  </tr>
</table>

[jamescheema]

I take it everyone else is just as stumped as me? Been at it again, just can't seem to sort it

[Duncan Rounding]

Sorry no answer but - how about trying to remove the alignment from the table and just using the divs for alignment. These oddities usually take some lateral thinking. Best would be to try and find another way to get the same result.

[wjcampbe]

I would also change the th to td - there is no data in the table, and w3c states that in a table where the headings also serve as the table data td should be used in preference to th.

Also consider dropping the scope - again - there is nothing for it to apply to.
Pages usually display differently in IE and Mozzila/Firefox/Opera because the browser engine is interpreting the mark up differently. Keeping the mark up as simple as possible can help to reduce these interpretation differences.