How to align links so that it looks the same in all browsers

The problem is the links on the sidebar are centered when they should be aligned to the left. The links are aligned properly when viewed in internet explorer but in other browsers it looks centered. Can someone help me resolve this issue? How do I fix it so that it is aligned to the left in all browsers.

oh almost forgot! how can I shorten the link parts in the stylesheet. I mean since the active, visited, hover, and link parts all have the exact same coding. Would this work?

a.inocente:link,hover, active,visited
{
width: 130px;
font-size: 12px;
color: black;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
text-align: left;
}




HTML Page: http://smelllybean.webs.com/testing2.htm
My Stylesheet:
body
{
bgcolor: #000000;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-color: black;
font-size: 12pt;
background-image:url("http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/914/66100548.png");
background-color:#000000;
background-repeat:repeat-y;
font-size: 12px;
text-align: center;
}

/* Navigation Links*/
a.inocente:link
{
width: 130px;
font-size: 12px;
color: black;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
text-align: left;
}
a.inocente:visited
{
width: 130px;
font-size: 12px;
color: black;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
text-align: left;
}
a.inocente:hover
{
width: 130px;
font-size: 12px;
color: black;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
text-align: left;
}
a.inocente:active
{
width: 130px;
font-size: 12px;
color: black;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
text-align: left;
}

ul
{
list-style-type: none;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
width:108px;
}
li
{
background-image: url(http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/5898/orderedlink.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 4px 5px;
padding-left: 18px;
}


#banner
{
background-image: url(http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7643/30277505.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
position: absolute; left: 175px;top: 0px;
width: 644px;
height: 150px;
}

html
{
scrollbar-face-color: #B6342E;
scrollbar-arrow-color: #CABB86;
scrollbar-highlight-color: #000000;
scrollbar-shadow-color: #000000;
scrollbar-3dlight-color: #D2BE82;
scrollbar-track-color: #000000;
}


/* 2 divs Position Sidebar Links*/
div.smellly
{
position: absolute;
left: 0px;
top: 0px;
width: 143px;
overflow: hidden;
}
div.bean
{
position: absolute;
left: 844px;
top: 0px;
width: 143px;
overflow: hidden;
}


table.anseris
{
width: 140px;
margin-left: 0px;
margin-top: 0px;
border: none;
}

/* Red Links on Navigation Bar*/
a.Errai:link
{
width: 130px;
font-size: 12px;
color: #B6342E;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
text-align: left;
}
a.Errai:visited
{
width: 130px;
font-size: 12px;
color: #B6342E;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
text-align: left;
}
a.Errai:hover
{
width: 130px;
font-size: 12px;
color: #B6342E;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
text-align: left;
}
a.Errai:active
{
width: 130px;
font-size: 12px;
color: #B6342E;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
text-align: left;
}


div.lovespoo
{
position: absolute;
left: 177px;
top: 151px;
width:640px;
overflow:auto;
border-color: 00000;
border-style: none;
border-width: 3px;
}


/* Red Links that are not on the nav. bar*/
a.Neshmet:link
{
font-size: 12px;
color: #B6342E;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
}
a.Neshmet:visited
{
font-size: 12px;
color: #B6342E;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
}
a.Neshmet:hover
{
font-size: 12px;
color: #B6342E;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
}
a.Neshmet:active
{
font-size: 12px;
color: #B6342E;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
}

You need to supply a valid markup to expect a compatible output. See the errors in your markup at http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fsmelllybean.webs.com%2Ftesting2.htm

To begin with, add a valid DOCTYPE (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/doctype/) at the top. I'd recommend the HTML Strict one.

All CSS properties that are the same for all link states can be put under one style without having to repeat them over and over. You have the basic idea to use each link condition itemized with commas between them and one style. Might try:


a {
width: 130px;
font-size: 1em;
color: #000;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
}


If your links are centered, then you have styled them to be centered as the browser's default is to set left unless otherwise set to some other format. You have the body tag showing text to be centered. Might be affecting the nav. Or, the nav container CSS may have the text centered.

You may not know it, but a link has four different states that it can be in. CSS allows you to customize each state. Please refer to the following keywords that each correspond to one specific state:

* link - this is a link that has not been used, nor is a mouse pointer hovering over it
* visited - this is a link that has been used before, but has no mouse on it
* hover - this is a link currently has a mouse pointer hovering over it/on it
* active - this is a link that is in the process of being clicked

Order matters. If "a:active" precedes "a:hover", the effects in "a:hover" will take precedence. So, in this example, you would not see the color change when the user clicks down on a link.

Pseudo Classes

You can set links contained in different parts of your web page to be different colors by using the pseudo class. For example, lets say you want your links in the content area to have a different color then the links in the left or right column of your webpage.

You can do this in the following fashion:

#pseudo_content a:link {color: #090;}
#pseudo_content a:visited {color: #999;}
#pseudo_content a:hover {color: #333;}
#pseudo_content a:focus {color: #333;}
#pseudo_content a:active {color: #090;}

Now assuming that you have your main content in a division named "content" all links within that division will now be styled by this new style selector. Should your selector have a different name, just change the #pseudo_content selector to match your division name.

Then for the links in a column you could use the following:

#pseudo_column a:link {color: #090;}
#pseudo_column a:visited {color: #999;}
#pseudo_column a:hover {color: #333;}
#pseudo_column a:focus {color: #333;}
#pseudo_column a:active {color: #090;}

Once again, this assumes the name of the column division, just change the name to match yours.

This same method can be accomplished by declaring a class instead of an id.

a.pseudo_column:link {color: #090;}
a.pseudo_column:visited {color: #999;}
a.pseudo_column:hover {color: #333;}
a.pseudo_column:focus {color: #333;}
a.pseudo_column:active {color: #090;}

Though in this case you will need to add a class to each link

<a class="pseudo_column" href="" title="">some link text</a>

But, there is still yet an easier way

.pseudo_column a:link {color: #090;}
.pseudo_column a:visited {color: #999;}
.pseudo_column a:hover {color: #333;}
.pseudo_column a:focus {color: #333;}
.pseudo_column a:active {color: #090;}

Then in the (X)HTML file

<div class="pseudo_column">
<a href="" title="Link Description">Link Text Description</a>
</div>

That was exactly what I was looking for. I know its not a common to have the visited, hover, and active links the same color but I'll go crazy if they change colors ^_^

Thanks for your help :]

You're very welcome.