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changing the page layout [message #14693] Wed, 19 November 2003 16:30 Go to next message
bobmurphy is currently offline  bobmurphy   Ireland
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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 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ilia is currently offline  Ilia   Canada
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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 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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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!!
Re: changing the page layout [message #26880 is a reply to message #26879] Fri, 19 August 2005 03:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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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 Go to previous messageGo to next message
langer is currently offline  langer   Australia
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not for me it didn't..

However, this does work
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?!?
Re: changing the page layout [message #26888 is a reply to message #26882] Fri, 19 August 2005 15:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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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 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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sorry. I'm not sure what you mean??
Re: changing the page layout [message #26910 is a reply to message #26901] Sat, 20 August 2005 15:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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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 Go to previous messageGo to next message
langer is currently offline  langer   Australia
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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...
Re: changing the page layout [message #26923 is a reply to message #26921] Sun, 21 August 2005 16:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Well, pre tag is controlled by CSS, I suspect you may need some IE specific hack to address the "stretch" problem.

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Re: changing the page layout [message #26988 is a reply to message #14693] Wed, 24 August 2005 06:03 Go to previous message
langer is currently offline  langer   Australia
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simple fix was all that was required...

just add width attribute to div.pre in CSS to prevent IE blowing it out of site width.
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