dunque ora approfondisco, sto utilizzando joomla e questo è il codice del template dal tag body:
codice:
<body>
<div class="backcolor">
<div class="sitename"></div>




<div align="center">
	<div id="main_outer">
		<div id="main_inner">
			<?php
				if ( mosCountModules ('user3') ) {
			?>
			<div id="buttons_outer">
			  <div id="buttons_inner">
					<div id="buttons">
					<?php mosLoadModules ( 'user3', -1); ?>
					</div>
				</div>
			</div>
			<?php
			}
			?>
			<div id="header_outer">
				<div id="header">
                                    
                                    <script type="text/javascript" src="modules/mod_jw_ajaxhr/jquery.js"></script>
                                    <script type="text/javascript" src="modules/mod_jw_ajaxhr/jqrotator.js"></script>
                                    <script type="text/javascript">
                                    jQuery(document).ready(
	                                   function(){
		                                       jQuery('ul#rotator').innerfade({
		                                       speed: 700,
		                                       timeout: 5000,
		                                       type: 'sequence',
		                                       containerheight: '200px'
		                           });
	                            });
                                    </script>
                                    <style type="text/css" media="all"> 
                                    <!--
                                    ul#rotator {list-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:800px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;}
                                    ul#rotator li,
                                    ul#rotator li a,
                                    ul#rotator li img,
                                    ul#rotator li a img {width:800px;height:200px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:none;}
                                    --> 

                                    </style>
                                    <ul id="rotator">[*][img]images/stories/headers/1967400-6ee2de8cfc1c2efc.jpg[/img][*][img]images/stories/headers/1973487-99535e4b9e308dff.jpg[/img][*][img]images/stories/headers/1973628-e021d9b41c45ee6f.jpg[/img][*][img]images/stories/headers/1973832-d3b1ac3bde7236ce.jpg[/img][*][img]images/stories/headers/1973881-f670a8d944f3f3e0.jpg[/img][*][img]images/stories/headers/1973922-6413f6834e88ff87.jpg[/img][*][img]images/stories/headers/1974506-7f9c63f5c1be7bab.jpg[/img][*][img]images/stories/headers/1974517-81f1d4b2f978736e.jpg[/img][*][img]images/stories/headers/1974863-50e543960917b83c.jpg[/img][*][img]images/stories/headers/1975099-f32f62b246a82eca.jpg[/img][*][img]images/stories/headers/1975220-51628f092f6a3c29.jpg[/img][*][img]images/stories/headers/1975556-2f3152f43e1491f3.jpg[/img][/list]
                                    
				</div>
			</div>
			<div id="pathway_outer">
			  <span id="pathway_inner">
					<div id="pathway_text">
					<?php mosPathWay(); ?>
					</div>
				</span>
			<?php
				if ( mosCountModules ('user4') ) {
			?>
			<div id="search_outer">
			  <div id="search_inner">
			  <?php mosLoadModules ( 'user4', -1 ); ?>
			  </div>
			</div>
			<?php
			}
			?>
			</div>
			<?php if ( mosCountModules( 'top' ) ) { ?>
			<div id="top_outer">
				<div id="top_inner">
					<?php mosLoadModules ( 'top' ); ?>
				 </div>
			</div>
			<?php } ?>
			<span id="top_spacer"></span>
			<div id="left_outer">
				<div id="left_inner">
				<?php mosLoadModules ( 'left' ); ?>
				</div>
			</div>
			<div id="content_outer">
				<div id="content_inner">
					<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="content_table_outer">
						<tr valign="top">
							<td>
								<?php
									if ( mosCountModules ('banner') ) {
								?>
										<div class="banner_outer">
										<div class="banner_inner">
										<?php mosLoadModules( 'banner', -1 ); ?>
										</div>
										</div>
								<?php
									}
								?>
								
                <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="content_table_inner">
                  <?php 
										if ($colspan > 0) {
									?>
                  <tr> 
                    <td width="100%" colspan="<?php echo $colspan; ?>"> 
						<table class="user_mods" align=-"left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
							<?php 
								if ($colspan > 0) {
							?>
									<tr>
									<?php
										if ( $user1 > 0 ) {
									?>
											<td class="user1_outer">
												<div class="user1_inner">
													<?php mosLoadModules ( 'user1' ); ?>
												</div>
											</td>
									<?php
										}	
										if ( $colspan == 3) {
										?>
										<td width="2">
											[img]<?php echo $mosConfig_live_site;?>/templates/<?php echo $cur_template; ?>/images/spacer.png[/img]	
										</td>
										<?php
										}
										if ( $user2 > 0 ) {
									?>
									<td class="user2_outer">
										<div class="user2_inner">
											<?php mosLoadModules ( 'user2' ); ?>
										</div>
									</td>
									<?php
										}	

									?>
									</tr>
							<?php
								}
							?>
						</table>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <?php
										}
									?>
                  <tr> 
                    <td colspan="<?php echo $colspan; ?>" class="body_outer"> 
                      <?php mosMainBody(); ?>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                </table>
							</td>
							<?php
							if ( mosCountModules( 'right' ) ) {
							?>
									<td class="rightside">
										<div id="right_outer">
											<div id="right_inner">
												<?php mosLoadModules ( 'right' ); ?>
											</div>
											
										</div>
									</td>
									
							<?php
								}
							?>
						</tr>
					</table>
				</div>
			</div>
			<div class="clr"></div>
		</div>
	</div>
</div>
<div id="footer"><?php include_once( $GLOBALS['mosConfig_absolute_path'] . '/includes/footer.php' ); ?></div>
<?php mosLoadModules( 'debug', -1 );?>
</div>
</body>
ora senza perdersi troppo nel codice, vi dico che proprio verso linizio nel tag div, <div align="center"> togliendo il center tutto il testo si rimette a posto... ma tutto il contenuto si posiziona a sinistra... ho provato a modificare il div dandogli i margini e la posizione, ma a quanto pare nulla da fare
dannato ie7.... ti odio