SPD List Form vs Custom List form - Version append and style issues

Question

I'm forced to use a custom list form because my ID= querystring sometimes does not work with a regular List form - which is odd enough.

With a custom list form (DataFormWebPart), I can set my querystring to something else and at least I get data.

But,

1. The presentation don't look right, for example, lines between blank fields do not come out for some reason
2. My multiline text field with appended versioning history no long display all historical entries with created by like the List Form display form does.

Any quick fix for these two?