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[growerspro Friend growersproJoin date: October 2006Posts: 49Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 2 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#119468

– i think left column is still too wide

it would be better to give as much space as possible to the center column

here the left column has a lot of empty space on the left side

otherwise it is a very nice web 2.0 template.

i think the dark version does not have enough “light color in the middle” to allow easy reading. but it is only my opinion.
i would have like a “dark version” for the background and columns but maybe a little lighter in the center.
I am afraid it is very difficult to read a long time on a dark background .

i know that it would be a lot of work, but it would be great if joomlart team was trying to make the different modules like ja-news, ja-header and so on work in all future templates.

I think personally ja-news is a great module allowing for a nice home page.

[nikii Friend nikiiJoin date: November 2006Posts: 31Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#216974

I was expecting something different you have simply recycled anothr template, I would prefer something a little bit more full, as ja villadi for example.

[davib Friend davibJoin date: December 2005Posts: 81Downloads:0Uploads:3 Thanks: 7]

#216977

I think it has been a request from members…I for ONE am EXTREMEY GRATEFUL FOR THIS!!! I have spent hours and hours trying to build a third column into the March version but its been nothing short of a nightmare.

So BRING IT ON!!!…I really need this one…thanks!

[johnmarquess Friend johnmarquessJoin date: March 2006Posts: 22Downloads:0Uploads:1]

#216985

Yes – I m eeagerly awaiting version2 as well!

And for a School webite too! (if you have followed the threads on this template you’ll understand the irony).

I really welcome the rigt hand column.

Appreciate Hung + JA team is trying to keep to Web2.0 – but agree with growerpro that the left column is still too wide – could we have a setting??? Do aappreciate the width of the bacground graphics would be a problem with this)

In Version1 I managed to stick the inset position at the top of the main body (below the menu) so I could get Slidehow working. That woud be nice in v2.

J

[Hieu Nguyen Admin Hieu NguyenJoin date: November 2005Posts: 678Downloads:36Uploads:0 Thanks: 69 Thanked: 61 times in 1 posts]

#217000

Hi,

Thanks all for your comments, positive one and surely, negative one. I just want to say at first that we, the JoomlArt team, will always listen to you!

For the left column of Utahia, if you still see that it’s too wide, please notice that it’s just the visual effect. The left column, in fact, is only 20% wide, compare with the whole body of the template. 😉

Also, did you find out one nice new feature in Utahia II? I can’t tell ….

[growerspro Friend growersproJoin date: October 2006Posts: 49Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 2 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#217018

Hello Hieu

I am afraid i do not agree with the left column comment.

i am testing it on a live site : http://www.dockandslip-direct.com/

have a look.

you will see there is too much space in the left column

as far as i am concerned, a width of 125 or 150 pixels is enough for a column

20% is just too much and there is not enough space in the middle

just my opinion. but i know that template as is will not work with the project. we will have to reduce the left column. so maybe if possible a variable in the settings could be added to allow an easy modification of the width.

[Hung Dinh Friend Hung DinhJoin date: September 2014Posts: 4408Downloads:11Uploads:189 Thanks: 309 Thanked: 3310 times in 3 posts]

#217019

Hi growerspro,
<blockquote>maybe if possible a variable in the settings could be added to allow an easy modification of the width.</blockquote>
We will consider adding this option into the official release of Utahia II tomorrow

[noblecode Friend noblecodeJoin date: December 2005Posts: 42Downloads:0Uploads:2 Thanks: 8 Thanked: 1 times in 1 posts]

#217022

I am usually not a fan for darker templates, but this one looks really good. I too like the 3rd column. Nice rework of an already great template!

[davib Friend davibJoin date: December 2005Posts: 81Downloads:0Uploads:3 Thanks: 7]

#217041

<em>@Hieu Nguyen 11460 wrote:</em><blockquote>Hi,

Thanks all for your comments, positive one and surely, negative one. I just want to say at first that we, the JoomlArt team, will always listen to you!

For the left column of Utahia, if you still see that it’s too wide, please notice that it’s just the visual effect. The left column, in fact, is only 20% wide, compare with the whole body of the template. 😉

Also, did you find out one nice new feature in Utahia II? I can’t tell ….</blockquote>

Gday…..this is more than a visual effect (in the first version anyway)….trying to reduce the left column wreaked havoc and reducing the distance from 25% to 20% moved the left header graphic to the right , a higher number did also….so I gave up, I just couldnt work it out!!!!

Anyway……utahia ii looks sensational!

[birdoasis Friend birdoasisJoin date: January 2007Posts: 25Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#217042

But can’t you simply change the left column wrapper size in css?

I’ll look at the code in a bit.

[Hieu Nguyen Admin Hieu NguyenJoin date: November 2005Posts: 678Downloads:36Uploads:0 Thanks: 69 Thanked: 61 times in 1 posts]

#217044

<em>@growerspro 11479 wrote:</em><blockquote>Hello Hieu

I am afraid i do not agree with the left column comment.

i am testing it on a live site : http://www.dockandslip-direct.com/

have a look.

you will see there is too much space in the left column

as far as i am concerned, a width of 125 or 150 pixels is enough for a column

20% is just too much and there is not enough space in the middle

just my opinion. but i know that template as is will not work with the project. we will have to reduce the left column. so maybe if possible a variable in the settings could be added to allow an easy modification of the width.</blockquote>

Hi growerspro,

I’ve just visited your site & see that you’re still using Utahia I. I understand and see what you tried to point out here. But let me explain it a bit.

As you can see that our templates have the ability for users to change the screen resolution. So if the screen is set to 1024×768 and the whole body is 900px wide, the left width will be about 180px wide. But if the screen is 800×600 and the whole body is 720px wide, the left width will be only 144px wide. Also, the width, as we’re mentioning here, maybe too wide for you but maybe too short for others. We may have templates for a specific purpose, but have to make templates for general use and for a wide range of user needs.

Again, thanks all for your comments. It’s you who give us inspiration and desire for a better design and products.

@growerspro If you really need to make the left column shorter, just post a request, I think there will be people who feel happy to help you in the task. 😉

@noblecode Hehe. How can you say the thing that I can’t, friend? 😀

[birdoasis Friend birdoasisJoin date: January 2007Posts: 25Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#217046

Search for #ja-leftcol in the CSS file.

Either that class will have the size, or the wrapper that it’s contained in will have the size that you need to change.

I still haven’t looked at the actual code, sorry but I had a pile of llama beans I needed to shovel. I’ll unpack it now to confirm that class.

++++++++++

Ok, here it is.

Search for #ja-leftcol. It’s not the first one you find, I think it was the second one and it will look like this.

/* LEFT COLUMN + RIGHT COLUMN
——————————————————— */
#ja-leftcol {
float: left;
width: 25%;
padding-top: 20px;

Change
width: 25%;
to
width: 150px;

Now if that squishes everything you’ll have to change the width of the squished elements as well.

[davib Friend davibJoin date: December 2005Posts: 81Downloads:0Uploads:3 Thanks: 7]

#217064

Mate there is way more to it than that…….it requires some graphical changes as well which are more than just CSS rules….Try it yourself you will see what he is talking about, BUT it is sometimes difficult to work out how a designer did something…..the big problem is the graphics in the header. leftcol itself is easily changed but wow does it screw the header up and the graphics in that really have me thrown and I do know a little about it….

So…after many many many many many hours of trying to make a 3 col version I was happy to the point of ecstasy when they announced utahia ii!

[birdoasis Friend birdoasisJoin date: January 2007Posts: 25Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#217093

Did he call me mate? Ha.
That’s a first for me. I’d hoped that it would have happened downunda, but It’s still cool. Gotta love the virtual world.

Yes, of course there’s more to it. That’s why I mentioned the squished issues. I thoguht he simply needed to know how to resize, and I guess to me the rest is obvious but if you like I’ll try to make time to create a video to day on the subject.

[davib Friend davibJoin date: December 2005Posts: 81Downloads:0Uploads:3 Thanks: 7]

#217109

Ok….apologies if mate offends you! wasnt meant to!

Ok so can you tell me why…and it may be obvious to all but me, when u reduce the leftcolum size to 15% does the graphic move to the right towards the centre of the page rather than left..(which is what I would expect)

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