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If you place the map coords outside the tables, perhaps just before the </body> tag similar to this:
</table>
<map name="myimage_r2_c2Map" id="myimage_r2_c2Map">
<area shape="rect" coords="1,0,58,19" href="<{$xoops_url}>/">
<area shape="rect" coords="57,0,126,21" href="<{$xoops_url}>/modules/news/" >
<area shape="rect" coords="125,0,234,21" href="<{$xoops_url}>/modules/newbb/"/>
</map>
</body>
Or check out the imag04 theme