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[fredo Friend fredoJoin date: November 2006Posts: 2Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#135257

I’m trying to increase the size of the ‘wide’ template setting. – Dispite what the template Vars.php says I believe the width of the ‘wide’ template is 920px and I would like to change this to 1000px.

Please can someone list what changes need to be made to achieve this?

Regards,
Shane.

[bennitos Friend bennitosJoin date: May 2008Posts: 1717Downloads:0Uploads:39 Thanks: 39 Thanked: 474 times in 407 posts]

#278857

Yes you can change the size, but i must say i wont recommend doing so.

The wide template is made so users with a screen resulition of 1024*768 can view the site without any problems. Of all internet users around the world 1024*768 is most common.

So if you make it wider than the wide template is then users with that resolution wont be able to see your site correctly. Wich is a very big group.

If you still want to change do that in your template.css file around line 792


clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
width:920px;


[mj1256 Friend mj1256Join date: June 2007Posts: 1473Downloads:10Uploads:35 Thanks: 84 Thanked: 225 times in 118 posts]

#278859

I agree with bennitos

1024*768 is the most common size and the site will layout correctly for most people.

one of the worse things you can do in site design is create a site where a visitor needs to use scroll bars to see the site.

[mfcphil Friend mfcphilJoin date: September 2007Posts: 2866Downloads:3Uploads:218 Thanks: 211 Thanked: 388 times in 133 posts]

#278865

I guess I wont be the only one, but if I have to scroll right to see the website I click the X in the top corner and go else where

[sunrise Friend sunriseJoin date: February 2007Posts: 920Downloads:0Uploads:5 Thanks: 103 Thanked: 166 times in 114 posts]

#281223

Absolutely. It is very anoying and bothersome if you ever have to scroll horizontally to see everything. Is there a way to chagen the width, so that is fills the screen, rather than a fixed size, such as % rather than pixels?

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