a:link { 
    color: #ff0000;
}
a:visited { 
    color: #ff0000;
}
a:hover { 
    color: #ffffff;
    background-color: #ff0000;
    text-decoration: none;
}
a:active { 
    color: #ff0000;
}
/*ct is short for common table, this style of tables used widly on my ass and such*/
/* you spelled collapse wrong, i fixed it, dunno if that's gonna break anything :p */
table#ct{
	border: 1px black solid;
	border-collapse: collapse;
	border-spacing: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	
}
.ct{
	border: 1px #666666 solid;
	border-collapse: collapse;
	border-spacing: 0px;
	padding: 4px;
}

/* override - no borders on any image - fixes IE linked image border thingy */
/* override - vertical-align: middle; - fixes FF stupid image align behaviour */
img {
    border: 0;
    vertical-align: middle;
}

.cooltextarea {
    background-image: url('http://www.factionfiles.com/img/textareabg.png');
    /*background-position: center;*/
}