Strange block widths on Aero Black

[rossoe]

Your Portal Version: 1.0.4
Your phpBB Type: Standard phpBB3
MODs installed: No
Your knowledge: Basic Knowledge
Boardlink: http://www.blebinfo.co.uk/phpBB3/portal.php

PHP Version: 4.4.9
MySQL Version: 4.1.22

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I'm trying to install AeroBlack style, and it looks great in Firefox and Chrome, but in IE 8 the side boxes are different widths. this seems in part to be due to the content - long text entry boxes will stretch them out for example. but can the side boxes not be fixd at a certain width ? to make it look clean.

I'd like it to look like the demo page -
http://area51.mikevil.de/portal.php?style=4

[Mike]

No, you cant set a fixed width since every browser has a different way to handly this issue. If you have content that force the block to stretch, the one browser will stretch it even if you set a fixed width, the other wont. This behavior is called "standart"

[rossoe]

Is there no work around to make IE work ? can I increase the width of the whole side block sections ?

[Mike]

You can increase the side blocks in your acp. Simply change the width from 180 to whatever you need.

[rossoe]

Excellent, I fixed the odd box size.

The only other thing that stands out as unreadable is the header text under 'Latest global announcements'

the blue text can't be read on top of the black background, how do I change this ?

Thanks for your help