diff --git a/phpBB/adm/style/acp_language.html b/phpBB/adm/style/acp_language.html
index 2eea79e8bd..21f7347d3d 100644
--- a/phpBB/adm/style/acp_language.html
+++ b/phpBB/adm/style/acp_language.html
@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@
 
 	<br /><br /><br />
 
+	<!-- DIRTY DIRTY DIRTY IE -->
+	<!--[if lt IE 8]>
+	<style type="text/css">
+		input.langvalue, textarea.langvalue {
+		width: 450px;
+		}
+	</style>
+	< ![endif]-->
+
 	<table cellspacing="1">
 	<thead>
 	<!-- IF S_EMAIL_FILE -->
diff --git a/phpBB/adm/style/admin.css b/phpBB/adm/style/admin.css
index 6b85be7f94..34bddf390a 100644
--- a/phpBB/adm/style/admin.css
+++ b/phpBB/adm/style/admin.css
@@ -381,7 +381,6 @@ fieldset {
 	border-top: 1px solid #D5D5C8;
 	background-color: #ECECEC;	
 	position: relative;
-	z-index: 10;
 }
 legend {
 	position: absolute;
@@ -392,7 +391,6 @@ legend {
 	font-weight: bold;
 	line-height: 100%;
 	text-transform: uppercase;
-	z-index: 20;
 }
 
 fieldset p {
@@ -414,6 +412,10 @@ input {
 	vertical-align: middle;
 }
 
+input.langvalue, textarea.langvalue {
+	width: 90%;
+}
+
 select {
 	font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
 	font-size: 100%;
@@ -1170,7 +1172,7 @@ fieldset.perm .perm_switch {
 	background-color: #E4E8EB; 
 }
 
-.perm_panel th a {
+.perm_panel th a:link, .perm_panel th a:hover, .perm_panel th a:visited {
 	display: block;
 	color: #FFA34F; 
 	text-decoration: underline; 
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_language.php b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_language.php
index a5b7974d70..153c200aeb 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_language.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_language.php
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ $lang = array_merge($lang, array(
 		$tpl .= ($textarea) ? '<textarea name="' : '<input type="text" name="';
 		$tpl .= 'entry[' . implode('][', array_map('utf8_htmlspecialchars', $keys)) . ']"';
 
-		$tpl .= ($textarea) ? ' cols="80" rows="5" style="width: 90%;">' : ' style="width: 90%" value="';
+		$tpl .= ($textarea) ? ' cols="80" rows="5" class="langvalue">' : ' class="langvalue" value="';
 		$tpl .= htmlspecialchars($value, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8');
 		$tpl .= ($textarea) ? '</textarea>' : '" />';
 
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/subSilver/template/viewforum_body.html b/phpBB/styles/subSilver/template/viewforum_body.html
index dc2fa082fa..e417163902 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/subSilver/template/viewforum_body.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/subSilver/template/viewforum_body.html
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 					<p class="gensmall"> [ {GOTO_PAGE_IMG}{L_GOTO_PAGE}: {topicrow.PAGINATION} ] </p>
 				<!-- ENDIF -->
 			</td>
-			<td class="row2" width="100" align="center"><p class="topicauthor">{topicrow.TOPIC_AUTHOR_FULL}</p></td>
+			<td class="row2" width="130" align="center"><p class="topicauthor">{topicrow.TOPIC_AUTHOR_FULL}</p></td>
 			<td class="row1" width="50" align="center"><p class="topicdetails">{topicrow.REPLIES}</p></td>
 			<td class="row2" width="50" align="center"><p class="topicdetails">{topicrow.VIEWS}</p></td>
 			<td class="row1" width="140" align="center">
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 						<p class="gensmall"> [ {GOTO_PAGE_IMG}{L_GOTO_PAGE}: {topicrow.PAGINATION} ] </p>
 					<!-- ENDIF -->
 				</td>
-				<td class="row2" width="100" align="center"><p class="topicauthor">{topicrow.TOPIC_AUTHOR_FULL}</p></td>
+				<td class="row2" width="130" align="center"><p class="topicauthor">{topicrow.TOPIC_AUTHOR_FULL}</p></td>
 				<td class="row1" width="50" align="center"><p class="topicdetails">{topicrow.REPLIES}</p></td>
 				<td class="row2" width="50" align="center"><p class="topicdetails">{topicrow.VIEWS}</p></td>
 				<td class="row1" width="140" align="center">
@@ -273,33 +273,33 @@
 		<td align="left" valign="top">
 			<table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" border="0">
 			<tr>
-				<td width="20" align="left">{FOLDER_NEW_IMG}</td>
+				<td width="20" style="text-align: center;">{FOLDER_NEW_IMG}</td>
 				<td class="gensmall">{L_NEW_POSTS}</td>
 				<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
-				<td width="20" align="center">{FOLDER_IMG}</td>
+				<td width="20" style="text-align: center;">{FOLDER_IMG}</td>
 				<td class="gensmall">{L_NO_NEW_POSTS}</td>
 				<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
-				<td width="20" align="center">{FOLDER_ANNOUNCE_IMG}</td>
+				<td width="20" style="text-align: center;">{FOLDER_ANNOUNCE_IMG}</td>
 				<td class="gensmall">{L_ICON_ANNOUNCEMENT}</td>
 			</tr>
 			<tr>
-				<td width="20" align="center">{FOLDER_HOT_NEW_IMG}</td>
+				<td style="text-align: center;">{FOLDER_HOT_NEW_IMG}</td>
 				<td class="gensmall">{L_NEW_POSTS_HOT}</td>
 				<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
-				<td width="20" align="center">{FOLDER_HOT_IMG}</td>
+				<td style="text-align: center;">{FOLDER_HOT_IMG}</td>
 				<td class="gensmall">{L_NO_NEW_POSTS_HOT}</td>
 				<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
-				<td width="20" align="center">{FOLDER_STICKY_IMG}</td>
+				<td style="text-align: center;">{FOLDER_STICKY_IMG}</td>
 				<td class="gensmall">{L_ICON_STICKY}</td>			
 			</tr>
 			<tr>
-				<td class="gensmall">{FOLDER_LOCKED_NEW_IMG}</td>
+				<td style="text-align: center;">{FOLDER_LOCKED_NEW_IMG}</td>
 				<td class="gensmall">{L_NEW_POSTS_LOCKED}</td>
 				<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
-				<td class="gensmall">{FOLDER_LOCKED_IMG}</td>
+				<td style="text-align: center;">{FOLDER_LOCKED_IMG}</td>
 				<td class="gensmall">{L_NO_NEW_POSTS_LOCKED}</td>
 				<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
-				<td width="20" align="center">{FOLDER_MOVED_IMG}</td>
+				<td style="text-align: center;">{FOLDER_MOVED_IMG}</td>
 				<td class="gensmall">{L_MOVED_TOPIC}</td>
 			</tr>
 			</table>