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changing the page layout [message #14693]

Wed, 19 November 2003 16:30

bobmurphy

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are there any general guidelines to changing the location of the various parts of the forum ? - i have a few changes i need to make;

a few examples - i want to move the line Show: Today's Posts :: Unanswered Posts :: Show Polls :: Message Navigator to the bottom of the page as i dont anticipate the users will use it !!!
also i want to move the register/reset bar on the register page up higher so that it appears just under the required fields and above the optionals ( actually a duplicate set would even be better !! )
lastly but most important i need to adjust the layout of the login form so that it takes up less vertical space ( and more horizontal ) as i have the forum installed in a window and i dont want the users to have to scroll down to hit the login button.

these are really just examples - what would be ideal is if someone could give me some rough general pointers, thanks

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Re: changing the page layout [message #14695 is a reply to message #14693]

Wed, 19 November 2003 16:36

Ilia

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There are no general guidlines, the templating system gives you a complete freedom of action, you can do whatever you want.

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Re: changing the page layout [message #26879 is a reply to message #14695]

Fri, 19 August 2005 03:04

langer

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Any tips for centering the site? I have adjusted the width to 770px, and want to center it. Driving me nuts!!

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Re: changing the page layout [message #26880 is a reply to message #26879]

Fri, 19 August 2005 03:11

Ilia

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<div align="center">

usually does the trick.

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Re: changing the page layout [message #26882 is a reply to message #26880]

Fri, 19 August 2005 03:42

langer

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not for me it didn't..

However, this does work

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body {
	background: #E5E5E5;
	text-align:center; /* for IE */
	font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, "Myriad Web", Syntax, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
}

div.wrapper {
	text-align:center; /* reset text alignment */
	width:760;
	margin: auto;  /*for the rest */
}

with the extra div.

Only problem is that <pre> content does not add horizontal scroll bars in IE only, making the page width go to max. This does not appear to be related to my changes?!?

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Re: changing the page layout [message #26888 is a reply to message #26882]

Fri, 19 August 2005 15:45

Ilia

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Inside message body?

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Re: changing the page layout [message #26901 is a reply to message #14693]

Sat, 20 August 2005 03:57

langer

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sorry. I'm not sure what you mean??

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Re: changing the page layout [message #26910 is a reply to message #26901]

Sat, 20 August 2005 15:20

Ilia

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In which instances does <pre> tag cause problem, which part of the page it is in?

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Re: changing the page layout [message #26921 is a reply to message #14693]

Sun, 21 August 2005 09:39

langer

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http://www.portability.com.au/forums/index.php?t=msg&th=12&start=0

Just fine in firefox, and all other pages ok in IE except this one, which I asssume is because of <pre> tags...

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