Uniform Width for Left Column inside Forum vs Forum index?

[gregmlb]

I?m migrating my vB 3.8.6 forum over to 4.1.0PL2, and am struggling to get some cosmetic issues taken care of, and am editing the Header template. What I?m stuck on now is illustrated below.



I?ve been taking code from the Header template in my working 3.8.6 implementation, and moving it to the 4.1.0 test forum ? and I think that is where my issue is, not sure. Can anyone make a suggestion? How can I make it so the left column (containing the ad, the RSS feed, the addthis widget) is the same width regardless of whether the user is in the Forum, or up a level or two?
I greatly appreciate your help ? thanks!

Greg

P.S. If you need to see the vB4 header code, here it is (with stuff removed that is not relevant):

<!-- ADDS MIDLIFEBACHELOR.COM TOP HEADER -->
[deleted this section from here as I don't think it is relevant to this issue - looks fine]
<!-- END - ADDS MIDLIFEBACHELOR.COM TOP HEADER -->

<!-- THIS ADDS THE LEFT COLUMN FOR TWO 160X600 ADS PLUS RSS AND ADDTHIS WIDGET -->
<!-- copied next three lines from vB 3.8.6 header ? could be my problem??? 
<table width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
	<tr>

	<td width="165" valign="top" class="page" style="padding: $stylevar[cellpadding]px;">

<div id="Layer6">
<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->
<!-- AddThis Button END -->
<br />
<!-- feedburner and google adsense code goes here -->
</div>
<br />
<div id="Layer8">
<br />
<!-- openx ad rotator code goes here -->
</div>
	</td>

	<td valign="top">
<!-- END LEFT COLUMN FOR TWO 160X600 ADS PLUS RSS AND ADDTHIS WIDGET -->

<!-- note that I did not change or add anything to rest of the code from here down -->

<div class="above_body"> <!-- closing tag is in template navbar -->
<div id="header" class="floatcontainer doc_header">
	<div><a name="top" href="{vb:raw vboptions.forumhome}.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}" class="logo-image"><img src="{vb:stylevar titleimage}" alt="{vb:rawphrase x_powered_by_vbulletin, {vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}}" /></a></div>
	<div id="toplinks" class="toplinks">
		<vb:if condition="$show['member']">
			<ul class="isuser">
				<li><a href="login.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=logout&amp;logouthash={vb:raw bbuserinfo.logouthash}" onclick="return log_out('{vb:rawphrase sure_you_want_to_log_out}')">{vb:rawphrase log_out}</a></li>
				<vb:if condition="$show['registerbutton']">
				<li><a href="register.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}" rel="nofollow">{vb:rawphrase register}</a></li>
				</vb:if>
				<li><a href="usercp.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase control_panel}</a></li>
				<li><a href="{vb:link member, {vb:raw bbuserinfo}}">{vb:rawphrase your_profile}</a></li>
				<vb:if condition="$notifications_total">
				<li class="popupmenu notifications" id="notifications">
					<a class="popupctrl" href="usercp.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase your_notifications}: <span class="notifications-number"><strong>{vb:raw notifications_total}</strong></span></a>
					<ul class="popupbody popuphover">
						{vb:raw notifications_menubits}
					</ul>
				</li>
				<vb:else />
				<li class="popupmenu nonotifications" id="nonotifications">
					<a class="popupctrl" href="usercp.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase your_notifications}</a>
					<ul class="popupbody popuphover">
						<li>{vb:rawphrase no_new_messages}</li>
						<li><a href="private.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase inbox}</a></li>
					</ul>
				</li>
				</vb:if>
				<li class="welcomelink">{vb:rawphrase welcome_x_link_y, {vb:raw bbuserinfo.username}, {vb:link member, {vb:raw bbuserinfo}}}</li>
				<vb:if condition="$vboptions['enablefacebookconnect']">
					{vb:raw facebook_header}
				</vb:if>
			</ul>
            {vb:raw template_hook.header_userinfo}
			<vb:comment><p>{vb:rawphrase last_visited_x_at_y, {vb:raw pmbox.lastvisitdate}, {vb:raw pmbox.lastvisittime}}</p></vb:comment>
		<vb:else />
			<ul class="nouser">
			<vb:if condition="$show['registerbutton']">
				<li><a href="register.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}" rel="nofollow">{vb:rawphrase register}</a></li>
			</vb:if>
				<li><a rel="help" href="faq.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase help}</a></li>
				<li>
			<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_md5.js?v={vb:raw vboptions.simpleversion}"></script>
			<form id="navbar_loginform" action="login.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=login" method="post" onsubmit="md5hash(vb_login_password, vb_login_md5password, vb_login_md5password_utf, {vb:raw show.nopasswordempty})">
				<fieldset id="logindetails" class="logindetails">
					<div>
						<div>
					<input type="text" class="textbox<vb:if condition="!$username"> default-value</vb:if>" name="vb_login_username" id="navbar_username" size="10" accesskey="u" tabindex="101" value="<vb:if condition="$username">{vb:raw username}<vb:else />{vb:rawphrase username}</vb:if>" />
					<input type="password" class="textbox" tabindex="102" name="vb_login_password" id="navbar_password" size="10" />
					<input type="text" class="textbox default-value" tabindex="102" name="vb_login_password_hint" id="navbar_password_hint" size="10" value="{vb:rawphrase password}" style="display:none;" />
					<input type="submit" class="loginbutton" tabindex="104" value="{vb:rawphrase log_in}" title="{vb:rawphrase enter_username_to_login_or_register}" accesskey="s" />
						</div>
					</div>
				</fieldset>
				<div id="remember" class="remember">
					<label for="cb_cookieuser_navbar"><input type="checkbox" name="cookieuser" value="1" id="cb_cookieuser_navbar" class="cb_cookieuser_navbar" accesskey="c" tabindex="103" /> {vb:rawphrase remember_me}</label>
				</div>

				<input type="hidden" name="s" value="{vb:raw session.sessionhash}" />
				<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="{vb:raw bbuserinfo.securitytoken}" />
				<input type="hidden" name="do" value="login" />
				<input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password" />
				<input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password_utf" />
			</form>
			<script type="text/javascript">
			YAHOO.util.Dom.setStyle('navbar_password_hint', "display", "inline");
			YAHOO.util.Dom.setStyle('navbar_password', "display", "none");
			vB_XHTML_Ready.subscribe(function()
			{
			//
				YAHOO.util.Event.on('navbar_username', "focus", navbar_username_focus);
				YAHOO.util.Event.on('navbar_username', "blur", navbar_username_blur);
				YAHOO.util.Event.on('navbar_password_hint', "focus", navbar_password_hint);
				YAHOO.util.Event.on('navbar_password', "blur", navbar_password);
			});
			
			function navbar_username_focus(e)
			{
			//
				var textbox = YAHOO.util.Event.getTarget(e);
				if (textbox.value == '<vb:if condition="$username">{vb:raw username}<vb:else />{vb:rawphrase username}</vb:if>')
				{
				//
					textbox.value='';
					textbox.style.color='{vb:stylevar toplinks_form_input.color}';
				}
			}

			function navbar_username_blur(e)
			{
			//
				var textbox = YAHOO.util.Event.getTarget(e);
				if (textbox.value == '')
				{
				//
					textbox.value='<vb:if condition="$username">{vb:raw username}<vb:else />{vb:rawphrase username}</vb:if>';
					textbox.style.color='{vb:stylevar toplinks_form_input_defaultValue.color}';
				}
			}
			
			function navbar_password_hint(e)
			{
			//
				var textbox = YAHOO.util.Event.getTarget(e);
				
				YAHOO.util.Dom.setStyle('navbar_password_hint', "display", "none");
				YAHOO.util.Dom.setStyle('navbar_password', "display", "inline");
				YAHOO.util.Dom.get('navbar_password').focus();
			}

			function navbar_password(e)
			{
			//
				var textbox = YAHOO.util.Event.getTarget(e);
				
				if (textbox.value == '')
				{
					YAHOO.util.Dom.setStyle('navbar_password_hint', "display", "inline");
					YAHOO.util.Dom.setStyle('navbar_password', "display", "none");
				}
			}
			</script>
				</li>
				<vb:if condition="$vboptions['enablefacebookconnect']">
					{vb:raw facebook_header}
				</vb:if>
			</ul>
		</vb:if>
	</div>
	<div class="ad_global_header">
		{vb:raw ad_location.global_header1}
		{vb:raw ad_location.global_header2}
	</div>
	<hr />
</div>