Michael I do beleive the code
$tbopen
<tr>
<td class="darktable">
<table width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td class="catandforum">
<font class="small">$r</font>
</td>
</tr>
$tbclose
</td>
</tr>
$tbclose
<br />
should be
$tbopen
<tr>
<td class="darktable">
<table width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td class="catandforum">
<font class="small">$r</font>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
$tbclose
<br />