Conflict between display none and the scrolling text what can instead of using display none

Question

    <div id="side_forums_pane" class="side_pane" style=" ;height:350px;width:260px">
  <%= render :partial => "/about/forum" -%>

   <p id="forum_logins" align="center" class="style2"><br>
    <%= link_to "    Register |",{:controller => "usersforum", :action => "new"}-%>
    <%= link_to "Login",{:controller => "usersforum", :action => "login"}-%>
   </p>
 </div>

EDIT: retagged from HTML5 to CSS