hacking children in IE?

[michaellunsford]

Okay, so I've been tasked with making a Miva 4 template look good. So, if I directly target specific children in their table layout, it works great in compliant browsers. What about non-compliant and semi-compliant?

 

Specific problem:

I'd love to figure out how to do this in IE 7. Is there some kind of VB hack or something?

 

body>table>tbody>tr>td:first-child {
background:url(/graphics/00000001/coolbg.jpg) no-repeat bottom center #ee3d2f;
}
body>table>tbody>tr>td:first-child a {
color:#FFF;
}