HELLLPPP ! I have a table for navigation with rollovers that breaks apart in explorer 8

Question

Its happy as can be in every other browser !
In explorer 8 there is also a gap above the table I cant get rid of.
The main problem iss the gaps around some of the buttons.
I think I am about to lose my freaking mind
www.thedamourmethod.com/test
www.thedamourmethod.com/test/interview.html (here I inserted a new table no roll overs / no form code still same problem )
@charset "UTF-8";
/* CSS Document */
body  {
    margin: 0; /* it's good practice to zero the margin and padding of the body element to account for differing browser defaults */
    padding: 0;
    text-align: center;
    background-color: #bc7c32;
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 100%;
    background-image: url(index/bg_tile3.jpg);
    background-repeat: repeat-x;
.twoColFixRtHdr #container {
    width: 780px;
    text-align: left;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-image: url(faq/faq_bg);
    background-color: #cf974e;
    margin-top: 65px;
    margin-right: auto;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: auto;
    padding-top: 0px;
    background-position: left bottom;
.twoColFixRtHdr #containerfaq {
    width: 780px;
    text-align: left;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    margin-top: 65px;
    margin-right: auto;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: auto;
    padding-top: 0px;
    background-position: left bottom;
    background-color: #efd8b9;
    background-image: url(faq/lighter_bg_sm.jpg);
.twoColFixRtHdr #containerabout {
    width: 780px;
    text-align: left;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    margin-top: 65px;
    margin-right: auto;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: auto;
    padding-top: 0px;
    background-position: left bottom;
    background-color: #efd8b9;
    background-image: url(how_it_works/how_it_works.jpg);
    overflow: hidden
.twoColFixRtHdr #containerinterview {
    width: 780px;
    text-align: left;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    margin-top: 65px;
    margin-right: auto;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: auto;
    padding-top: 0px;
    background-position: left bottom;
    background-color: #efd8b9;
    overflow: hidden
.twoColFixRtHdr #containerhome {
    width: 780px;
    text-align: left;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: left bottom;
    background-image: url(index/main_page_bg.jpg);
    background-color: #a86028;
    margin-top: 65px;
    margin-right: auto;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: auto;
    padding-top: 0px;
    overflow: hidden
.twoColFixRtHdr #header {
      /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear beneath it. If an image is used in the #header instead of text, you may want to remove the padding. */
    background-color: #a8814c;
.twoColFixRtHdr #header h1 {
    margin: 0; /* zeroing the margin of the last element in the #header div will avoid margin collapse - an unexplainable space between divs. If the div has a border around it, this is not necessary as that also avoids the margin collapse */
    padding: 10px 0; /* using padding instead of margin will allow you to keep the element away from the edges of the div */
.twoColFixRtHdr #sidebar1 {
    float: right; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
    width: 220px;
    padding-top: 5px;
    padding-right: 10px;
    padding-bottom: 15px;
    padding-left: 10px;
.twoColFixRtHdr #sidebar1faq {
    float: right; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
    width: 220px;
    padding-top: 5px;
    padding-right: 10px;
    padding-bottom: 15px;
    padding-left: 10px;
.twoColFixRtHdr #mainContent {
    margin-top: 0;
    margin-right: 250px;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: 0;
    padding-top: 30px;
    padding-right: 0px;
    padding-bottom: 0;
    padding-left: 20px;
.twoColFixRtHdr #mainContentfaq {
    margin-top: 0;
    margin-right: 20px;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: 0;
    padding-top: 0;
    padding-right: 0px;
    padding-bottom: 0;
    padding-left: 20px;
.twoColFixRtHdr #mainContent_homepage {
    margin-top: 0;
    margin-right: 0px;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: 0;
    padding-top: 0;
    padding-right: 0px;
    padding-bottom: 0;
    padding-left: 0px;
    background-image: none;
.main_pics {
    float: left;
.paypal  {
    float: none;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 0px;
    margin-right: 0px;
    margin-left: 100px;
    margin-top: 0px;
#interview {
    float: none;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    padding-right: 0px;
    text-align: center;
    padding-top: 10px;
.order_now {
    float: none;
    background-color: #cc9452;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
.twoColFixRtHdr #footer {
    padding: 0 10px 0 20px;
.twoColFixRtHdr #footer p {
    margin: 0; /* zeroing the margins of the first element in the footer will avoid the possibility of margin collapse - a space between divs */
    padding: 10px 0; /* padding on this element will create space, just as the the margin would have, without the margin collapse issue */
    text-align: left;
.fltrt { /* this class can be used to float an element right in your page. The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */
    float: right;
    margin-left: 8px;
.fltlft { /* this class can be used to float an element left in your page */
    float: left;
    margin-right: 8px;
.clearfloat { /* this class should be placed on a div or break element and should be the final element before the close of a container that should fully contain a float */
    clear:both;
    height:0;
    font-size: 1px;
    line-height: 0px;
.twoColFixRtHdr #sidebar_home {
    float: right; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
    width: 250px;
    padding-top: 5px;
    padding-right: 0px;
    padding-bottom: 15px;
    padding-left: 10px;
.twoColFixRtHdr #header2 {
    background-color: #a8814c;
    padding-top: 0;
    padding-right: 0;
    padding-bottom: 0;
    padding-left: 20px;
.twoColFixRtHdr #footer_main {
    width: 780px;
    text-align: left;
h4 {
    color: #3D0331;
    font-size: 115%;
</style>[if IE 5]>
<style type="text/css">
/* place css box model fixes for IE 5* in this conditional comment */
.twoColFixRtHdr #sidebar1 { width: 220px; }
</style>
<![endif][if IE]>
<style type="text/css">
/* place css fixes for all versions of IE in this conditional comment */
.twoColFixRtHdr #sidebar1 { padding-top: 30px; }
.twoColFixRtHdr #mainContent { zoom: 1; }
/* the above proprietary zoom property gives IE the hasLayout it needs to avoid several bugs */
</style>
<![endif]

Answer 1

Here's the bad news - letting a graphics application write the HTML for a production site is not a viable method.  The tables produced are completely rigid and will break unexpectedly as you build your page and add content (thereby changing the 'shape' of the original layout plan).  Please read this to see why that's the case -
http://www.apptools.com/rants/spans.php
The spans are what create "gaps" unexpectedly as the table tries to maintain its shape.  I believe the only way to fix this is to not use that FW HTML at all.