Spacing issue on sub-forums

[tgmorris]

I upgraded to 3.6.8 and things went fine. However I ran into an issue that I can't explain and when I view the generated HTML it looks the same other than what one expects to differ so I'm at a loss for what's going on. The same thing happened on a 3.6.7 PL1 test installation I did on my local system as a test.

I have an unmodified style that I'm verifying this with so any suggestions would be appreciated.

This is the generated HTML for the one that isn't right.

<!-- sub-forum list  -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-bottom-width:0px">
<tr>
	<td class="tcat" width="100%">Sub-Forums<span class="normal"> : Babblers Central</span></td>

	
	<td class="vbmenu_control" id="forumsearch.subforums" nowrap="nowrap"><a href="search.php?f=1" rel="nofollow">Search this Forum</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("forumsearch.subforums"); </script></td>
	
</tr>
</table>
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
	<tr align="center">
	  <td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="100%" align="left">Forum</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="175">Last Post</td>
	  <td class="thead">Threads</td>
	  <td class="thead">Posts</td>
	  
	</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
	<tr align="center">
		<td class="alt1Active" colspan="2" align="left" id="f5">
		
		<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
		<tr>
			<td><img src="images/statusicon/forum_old.gif" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_5" /></td>
			<td><img src="clear.gif" alt="" width="9" height="1" border="0" /></td>
			<td>
			<div>
				<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=5"><strong>Boxster / Cayman Forum</strong></a>
				
			</div>

			<div class="smallfont">Discussions about the Boxster, Cayman and related topics.</div>
			
			
			</td>
		</tr>
		</table>
		
		</td>
		<td class="alt2" nowrap="nowrap">
<div class="smallfont" align="left">
	<div style="clear:both">
		<img class="inlineimg" src="http://www.babblers.org/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif" alt="" border="0" />

		<a href="showthread.php?goto=newpost&amp;t=9298" title="Go to first unread post in thread 'Cherry's Jubilee.  Laguna Seca Sept. 8 &amp; 9'"><strong>Cherry's Jubilee.  Laguna Seca...</strong></a>
	</div>
	<div>
		by <a href="member.php?find=lastposter&amp;f=5" rel="nofollow">River Rat</a>
	</div>
	<div align="right">
		Today <span class="time">09:09 AM</span>

		<a href="showthread.php?p=45775#post45775"><img class="inlineimg" src="images/buttons/lastpost.gif" alt="Go to last post" border="0" /></a>
	</div>
</div>
</td>
		<td class="alt1">2,178</td>
		<td class="alt2">11,570</td>
		
	</tr>
</tbody>

This is the generated HTML from vb.com that is correct.

<!-- sub-forum list  -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-bottom-width:0px">
<tr>
	<td class="tcat" width="100%">Sub-Forums<span class="normal"> : vBulletin 3.6</span></td>
	
	<td class="vbmenu_control" id="forumsearch.subforums" nowrap="nowrap"><a href="search.php?f=115" rel="nofollow">Search this Forum</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("forumsearch.subforums"); </script></td>
	
</tr>

</table>
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
	<tr align="center">
	  <td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="100%" align="left">Forum</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="175">Last Post</td>
	  <td class="thead">Threads</td>
	  <td class="thead">Posts</td>

	  
	</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
	<tr align="center">
		<td class="alt1Active" colspan="2" align="left" id="f55">
		
		<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
		<tr>
			<td><img src="images/statusicon/forum_old.gif" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_55" /></td>
			<td><img src="clear.gif" alt="" width="9" height="1" border="0" /></td>
			<td>

			<div>
				<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=55"><strong>vBulletin Suggestions and Feedback</strong></a>
				<span class="smallfont">(49 Viewing)</span>
			</div>
			<div class="smallfont">Please use this forum to post feedback and suggestions related to vBulletin</div>
			
			
			</td>
		</tr>

		</table>
		
		</td>
		<td class="alt2" nowrap="nowrap">
<div class="smallfont" align="left">
	<div style="clear:both">
		
		<a href="showthread.php?goto=newpost&amp;t=242430" title="Go to first unread post in thread 'Replace the FAQ with a wiki'"><strong>Replace the FAQ with a wiki</strong></a>
	</div>
	<div>
		by <a href="member.php?find=lastposter&amp;f=55" rel="nofollow">Reeve of Shinra</a>

	</div>
	<div align="right">
		Today <span class="time">10:01am</span>
		<a href="showthread.php?p=1418620#post1418620"><img class="inlineimg" src="images/buttons/lastpost.gif" alt="Go to last post" border="0" /></a>
	</div>
</div>
</td>
		<td class="alt1">10,589</td>

		<td class="alt2">78,184</td>
		
	</tr>
</tbody>

I've noticed similar behavior on other sites as well that are running what appear to be clean installs so it really is puzzling as to what's going on. While I normally use Firefox it also happens with IE.

[Zachery]

On vBulletin.com there is a subforum of the main forum making the first cell the correct size, on yours there is not.

[tgmorris]

Thanks. Poking around here a bit more I see the same behavior depending on a different sub-forum so I guess it's acting normally. Just looks a bit odd though.