Tables and Postbits

[CharlesHe]

Hi, I'm trying to add a rate post option to my postbit. To do so, you have to add a <td> with a specific id. Like so:

<td class="vbmenu_control" id= "postrating" align = "left">

			<a href="#goto_postrating"><if condition="$show['rating']">$vbphrase[rating]: <img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_rating]/rating_$thread[rating].gif" alt="<phrase 1="$thread[votenum]" 2="$thread[voteavg]">$vbphrase[thread_rating_x_votes_y_average]</phrase>" border="0" /><else />$vbphrase[rate_thread]</if></a>
			<if condition="$show['popups']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postrating"); </script></if>
			</td>
			<tr>

	<td class="thead" $scrolltothis>

The problem is, the td screws up formatting by adding a new column. Is there any way around this? Can I made a new TD with no affects on the original table?

I think this can be done by putting <table></table> around the td, with tags for zero spacing.