table tr th {background:#5C037D; color:#fff; padding:0; border:#111 solid 1px;  text-align: center; font-weight: bold;}  
table tr td {border:1px #ccc solid; padding:5px;}  
table tr td.rightright {background: #eee;}  
table tr td h4 {margin:0; padding:0; font-weight:normal;}  

#from here => http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/building-a-forum-from-scratch-with-ruby-on-rails/



table {
  margin-bottom: 2em;
  width: 100%;
}
th {
  border-bottom: 2px solid #ccc;
  font-weight: bold;
  text-align: left;
}
td { border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; }
caption, th, td {
  padding: 4px 10px 4px 0;
}
caption {
  background: #f1f1f1;
  padding: 10px 0;
  margin-bottom: 1em;
}

tr,td,th {
  vertical-align: middle;
}

/* Use this if you use span-x classes on th/td. */
table .last { padding-right: 0; } 

#from http://github.com/thoughtbot/flutie/blob/master/public/stylesheets/tables.css