diff --git a/html/inc/bootstrap.inc b/html/inc/bootstrap.inc
index bf96ebc0a6..7d3e694d7c 100644
--- a/html/inc/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/html/inc/bootstrap.inc
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ function sample_navbar(
         );
         if (defined('REMOTE_JOB_SUBMISSION') && REMOTE_JOB_SUBMISSION) {
             require_once("../inc/submit_db.inc");
-            if (BoincUserSubmit::lookup_userid($user->id)) {
+            if ($user && BoincUserSubmit::lookup_userid($user->id)) {
                 $x[] = array("Job submission", $url_prefix."submit.php");
             }
         }
diff --git a/html/inc/forum.inc b/html/inc/forum.inc
index b452c0e1b9..361ef94c44 100644
--- a/html/inc/forum.inc
+++ b/html/inc/forum.inc
@@ -205,8 +205,13 @@ function show_team_forum_title($forum, $thread=null, $link_thread=false) {
 }
 
 function start_forum_table($headings) {
-    start_table('table-striped');
-    row_heading_array($headings);
+    $a = array();
+    foreach ($headings as $h) {
+        $a[] = null;
+    }
+    $a[0] = 'style="width: 10em;"';
+    start_table('table-striped', 'table-layout:fixed');
+    row_heading_array($headings, $a);
 }
 
 function page_link($url, $page_num, $items_per_page, $text) {
@@ -556,7 +561,7 @@ function show_post(
 
     echo "
         <tr>
-        <td $class rowspan=\"3\" class=\"col-sm-2\">
+        <td $class rowspan=\"3\">
         <a name=\"$post->id\"></a>
     ";
 
diff --git a/html/inc/util.inc b/html/inc/util.inc
index be06be39b8..9dbd38a15a 100644
--- a/html/inc/util.inc
+++ b/html/inc/util.inc
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ function page_head(
     echo "<title>$t</title>\n";
     echo '
         <meta charset="utf-8">
-        <link rel="stylesheet" href="'.secure_url_base().'/bootstrap.min.css" media="all">
+        <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="'.secure_url_base().'/bootstrap.min.css" media="all">
     ';
     if (defined('STYLESHEET')) {
         $stylesheet = $url_base.STYLESHEET;
@@ -371,14 +371,15 @@ function pretty_time_str($x) {
     return time_str($x);
 }
 
-function start_table_str($class="") {
+function start_table_str($class="", $style="") {
+    $s = $style?'style="'.$style.'"':'';
     return '<div class="table">
-      <table width="100%" class="table table-condensed '.$class.'" >
+      <table '.$s.' width="100%" class="table table-condensed '.$class.'" >
     ';
 }
 
-function start_table($class="") {
-    echo start_table_str($class);
+function start_table($class="", $style="") {
+    echo start_table_str($class, $style);
 }
 
 function end_table_str() {
diff --git a/html/user/forum_forum.php b/html/user/forum_forum.php
index 139f6b2d31..7a7fac0ac1 100644
--- a/html/user/forum_forum.php
+++ b/html/user/forum_forum.php
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ function show_forum($forum, $start, $sort_style, $user) {
         //if ($thread->status==1){
             // This is an answered helpdesk thread
         if ($user && is_subscribed($thread, $subs)) {
-            echo '<tr class="bg-success">';
+            echo '<tr class="bg-info">';
         } else {
             // Just a standard thread.
             echo '<tr>';
diff --git a/html/user/pm.php b/html/user/pm.php
index 2ca0e55bc4..867e286183 100644
--- a/html/user/pm.php
+++ b/html/user/pm.php
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ function do_inbox($logged_in_user) {
         ";
         echo form_tokens($logged_in_user->authenticator);
         start_table('table-striped');
-        row_heading_array(array(tra("Subject"), tra("Sender and date"), tra("Message")));
+        row_heading_array(
+            array(tra("Subject"), tra("Sender and date"), tra("Message")),
+            array('style="width: 12em;"', 'style="width: 10em;"', "")
+        );
         foreach($msgs as $msg) {
             $sender = BoincUser::lookup_id($msg->senderid);
             if (!$sender) {