help with css

Can someone tell me what is wrong with this css
It seems to validate, but the buttons on my page look horrible in IE7
what can I do to make them look better

here is the style sheet (sorry if its not very good, I am new at syle sheets)




BODY {
background-image: url('images/naturebg.jpg');
background-repeat: repeat;
}

h1 {
color : #7300E6;
font-size : 32pt;
font-family: cursive;
background-color: transparent;

}

h2 {
color : navy;
font-size : 20pt;
background-color: transparent;
}

h3 {
color : #7300E6;
font-size : 18pt;
font-family: cursive;
background-color: transparent;

}

h4 {
color : blue;
font-size : 16pt;
background-color: transparent;
}

h5{
color : #7300E6;
font-size : 8pt;
font-family: cursive;
font-weight: bold;
background-color: transparent;
}



.container{

width:5px;
}

.table_cell {
text-align: left;
font-size: 0.8em;
font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;
color:#7300E6;
position: relative;
top: 3px;
width: 600px;
line-height: 0.8em;
background-color: transparent;
}


p.special_letter:first-letter {
font-family: arial,sans-serif;
font-size: 125%;
font-style: italic;
color: navy;
float:left;
background-color: transparent;

}


a:link {
color : green;
background-color: transparent;
}

a:visited {
color : navy; text-decoration: none;
background-color: transparent;
}

a:hover {
color : black;
background-color: transparent;
}

a:active {
color : blue;
background-color: transparent;
}


div.menubar{
vertical-align: top;
color :#99CCFF;
width :100%;
padding :5px;
}

a.menu {

width :120px;
text-align : center;
font-family: cursive;
font-style : normal ;
font-size : 12pt;
font-weight :bold;
color :#663399;
text-decoration : none;
background-color :#BDB5FF ;
padding :3px;
border-style : outset ;border-color :#CCCCFF ;border-width : medium
}

a.menu:hover{
color :aqua;
background-color :#660099;
border-style :inset ;border-color :#BDB5FF ;border-width :medium
}





and here is the website , the buttons are near the bottom of the page


http://www.kurlylox.com/

 

have you thought about putting the links into a list using <li> and nesting the link inside? (<li><a href="yourpage.html">Your Page</a></li>)