I want to know - if possible - what part of the following code will stop the message threads from disappearing off the side of my screen:

BODY {background-color:#791fac; color: #430c63; }
.content_cell { background-color:#791fac; }

table.outside_table { width: auto; !important;}

a {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;}
a:link {color: #000000;}
a:hover {color: #EED1FF;}
a:visited {color: #8a2121;}
select {z-index: -1;}

/* temporary fix for forum_message_cell bug */
tr[bgcolor] {background-color: #791fac; color: #000000;}

/* Sets the appearance of entry boxes */
textarea {background-color:#7f4ab4; color: #000000;}

/* Sets the appearance of select menus */
select { background-color:#7f4ab4; color: #000000;}
 
td.content_cell {  background-color: #791fac; color: #000000;}
.forum_headline {font-size:18px; font-weight:bold; padding-top:4px;}

#forum_announcement { background-color: #791fac; border:3px solid #791fac; font-color: #000000;}

#forum_announcement td {text-align:center; padding:2px;}

#forum_outer_table {width: 100%; border:2px solid #000000;}
#forum_outer_table td {padding:1px;}

#forum_inner_table { background-color: #000000; color: #000000;}
#forum_inner_table th {background-color:#7D2FAA; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:#000000; font-size:11px; height:20px;}
#forum_inner_table td { padding-top:2px; padding-bottom:4px;}

.forum_marker_cell { background-color:#7D2FAA; }
td.forum_name_cell { background-color:#791fac; padding-bottom:5px; }
a.forum_forumname_link, a.forum_forumname_link:hover, a.forum_forumname_link:visited, a.forum_forumname_link:active { font-size:13px; }

a.forum_threadname_link, a.forum_threadname_link:hover, a.forum_threadname_link:visited, a.forum_threadname_link:active { font-size:12px; }
.forum_summary_div { font-size:11px; }
.forum_author_cell { background-color:#7D2FAA; }
a.forum_author_link { color: #000000; }
a.forum_author_link:hover, a.forum_author_link:active, a.forum_author_link:visited { font-size:11px; }
.forum_threads_cell { background-color:#7D2FAA; #color: #000000; font-size:11px; }
.forum_posts_cell { background-color:#791fac; color: #000000; font-size:11px; }

/* sets appearance for number of views column */
.forum_views_cell { background-color:#791fac; font-size:11px; }

/* sets appearance of last posted column */
.forum_last_post_cell { background-color:#7D2FAA; font-size:10px; }

/* sets appearance of group listing */
.forum_group_row_cell { background-color:#791fac; font-size:14px; font-weight:bold; }

/* The following classes set avatar area appearance */
.forum_avatar_cell { width: 8%; background-color:#791fac; font-size:11px; padding:2px; padding-top:5px; color:#000000; }
a.forum_avatar_link, a.forum_avatar_link:hover, a.forum_avatar_link:active, a.forum_avatar_link:visited { font-size:10px; };

/* sets appearance of forum entrys */
.forum_message_cell { background-color:#791fac; color:#000000; }

/* sets descriptive caption for forum entrys */
.forum_message_detail_table { border-bottom:1px solid #791fac; padding-top:2px; padding-bottom:2px; }
.forum_message_detail_cell { background-color: #791fac; color: #000000; font-size:10px; font-weight: bold; }
.forum_divider_cell { background-color:#791fac; }

/* sets the appearance of quoting in forums */
.forum_quote_div { font-style:italic; padding:12px; color: #000000; background-color: #af3be8; width: 600px; -moz-border-radius: 13px; }
*/

land sakes, did you code all this?..;) I have the features/member options/etc bar on the right side, which seems to keep things in place. 

I haven't done HTML since the early part of this century, but I think you might be able to play with the 'width' command on the last line of the code. Also, some browsers will 'shrink' the display with the middle mouse wheel, in certain situations. Or you can always try another browser (I use Firefox at home, and IEEE! here at work)

CSS is involved, which begs to ask what browser are you using, and which side is going off your screen? Screencapture could help.

You might want to post this over in the CSS forum:

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2668925

Quote - land sakes, did you code all this?..;)

Nope, I just copied (with permissions) what someone else had done and at the time they explained which was the exact line to change for different colours in different places, like black texts, nice purple backgrounds - so I don't have nasty glaring headaching white

Quote - I have the features/member options/etc bar on the right side, which seems to keep things in place.

So have I, but sometimes I can't see it or half of the page cos it all vanishes off to the right.

Quote - I haven't done HTML since the early part of this century, but I think you might be able to play with the 'width' command on the last line of the code. Also, some browsers will 'shrink' the display with the middle mouse wheel, in certain situations. Or you can always try another browser (I use Firefox at home, and IEEE! here at work)

Well sometimes I have to revert to IE here at work since for some strange and otherworldly reason I can't access .pdf files with SeaMonkey here, the good news is that the college finally listened to me and allowed me to install and use SeaMonkey at all.

But I use SeaMonkey at Home and it's usually fine there, so I needed to know what I was doing so that I can put it all back when I get home cos you can bet your bottom dollar it'll be all $ucked up on my home computer if I change the coding on Renderosity.

Quote - CSS is involved, which begs to ask what browser are you using, and which side is going off your screen? Screencapture could help.

I use SeaMonkey, can't do a screen capture here at work, no image manipulator.  Not on any of the computers that can connect to the internet.  And you wouldn't believe how irritating I find that, it makes so many things a million times harder to do.

Quote - You might want to post this over in the CSS forum:

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2668925

Thanks, I'll try it.