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[pgstarkey Friend pgstarkeyJoin date: December 2011Posts: 9Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 4]

#179059

The block layout on my Portfolio site has become damaged. If I put any module in the Left block it appears below and to the left of the Content block instead of alongside it to the left. Similarly if I put any module in the Right block it appears below and well to the right.

From looking in the forum I gather that other users have reported this problem but the advice seemed to be “start again from scratch”.

I have tried reinstalling the template using Quickstart whilst keeping my existing database – the problem still remains, so I presume that something in the database is causing the problem. I have also tried removing all of my own articles from the Content block, i.e. having only pre-existing articles featured – this also doesn’t solve the problem. Does anyone have any advice on what I can do short of starting again?

Thanks.

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#460847

Can you provide us with the url of your site, so we can take a look and see what is occurring?

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#460862

Thanks very much – I’ve copied my working version to http://www.quoteq.co.uk/ITSB24. I’ve put a sample module in the left and right blocks.

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#460865

Did you, by any chance, fiddle around with either the Layout Block parameters (within your Template Manager–Layout),
or with the relative CSS for the left or right columns?

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#460867

I’m fairly certain I haven’t. My desktop layout is set to Default in Profiles | Layout Settings, and this is what the Default layout is defined as in Layouts:

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
<layout name=”desktop”>
<!–Extra css load for this layout–>
<stylesheets>
</stylesheets>
<blocks name=”top” style=”xhtml”>
<block name=”top-panel” type=”modules” style=”raw” main-inner=”1″>top</block>
<block name=”cpanel” type=”usertools/cpanel”></block>
<block name=”header” type=”header” main-inner=”1″></block>
<block name=”mainnav” type=”mainnav” main-inner=”1″></block>
<block name=”slideshow” type=”modules” style=”raw”>slideshow</block>
<block name=”topsl” type=”spotlight” style=”raw” main-inner=”1″>user1,user2</block>
</blocks>
<blocks name=”middle” colwidth=”20″>
<block name=”content-mass-top” style=”raw”>content-mass-top</block>
<block name=”inset1″ style=”jaxhtml”>left</block>
<block name=”right1″ style=”jaxhtml”>right</block>
</blocks>
<blocks name=”bottom” style=”xhtml”>
<block name=”botsl-2″ type=”spotlight” main-inner=”1″>user4</block>
<block name=”botsl-1″ type=”spotlight” main-inner=”1″>user5,user6,user7,user8,user9,user10</block>
<block name=”navhelper” type=”navhelper” main-inner=”1″></block>
<block name=”footer” type=”footer” main-inner=”1″></block>
</blocks>
</layout>

Is there a specific bit of CSS that I should check for the left/right column settings?

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#460872

Try decreasing the value within the following line of your Layout Block structure –> <blocks name=”middle” colwidth=”20″>

Try a smaller number … starting with 18 … 16 … 15 … etc. – and see if/how that affects the overall layout.

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#460879

I tried that, but reducing the “middle” column width just shrank the width of the Left block (so that its content spilled out), whilst widening the area given to the main Content block, but the Left and Right blocks stayed aligned to the lower left and lower right of it. I also tried all possible settings of Template Width (on Profiles), including “SPECIFIED” with a very wide value, but this didn’t solve the problem. If however I set “Hide Main content block” to Yes, then I see the left and Right blocks in their expected places.

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#461286

<em>@pgstarkey 329998 wrote:</em><blockquote>I tried that, but reducing the “middle” column width just shrank the width of the Left block (so that its content spilled out), whilst widening the area given to the main Content block, but the Left and Right blocks stayed aligned to the lower left and lower right of it. I also tried all possible settings of Template Width (on Profiles), including “SPECIFIED” with a very wide value, but this didn’t solve the problem. If however I set “Hide Main content block” to Yes, then I see the left and Right blocks in their expected places.</blockquote>
Hello pgstarkey,

Can you PM me with your site information (your site URL, your site admin account) and your FTP account? So I can diagnose this problem.

And can you send me some screenshots for more clarifications about your problem? Then I shall know what you are trying to achieve.

BTW, please include this forum thread URL in your PM, so I can follow it.

Best regards.

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#462910

<em>@pgstarkey 329998 wrote:</em><blockquote>I tried that, but reducing the “middle” column width just shrank the width of the Left block (so that its content spilled out), whilst widening the area given to the main Content block, but the Left and Right blocks stayed aligned to the lower left and lower right of it. I also tried all possible settings of Template Width (on Profiles), including “SPECIFIED” with a very wide value, but this didn’t solve the problem. If however I set “Hide Main content block” to Yes, then I see the left and Right blocks in their expected places.</blockquote>
Hello pgstarkey,

Your problem was resolved. I fixed in “/templates/ja_portfolio/html/com_content/featured/default_item.php” file. Please check and confirm the same.

Regards.

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#463360

Yes, that seems to be fine now. Thanks very much.

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#471705

Hey! I “half” solved this issue by uploading a default_item.php from another post only now my featured articles look like crap. I compared the default_item.php from a reply in 2010 and mine (from a j25 install) and they are VERY DIFFERENT. What line do you add where to fix this issue? I attach my file. Thanks in advance.

Jerónimo

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#471736

<em>@jeronimov 344546 wrote:</em><blockquote>Hey! I “half” solved this issue by uploading a default_item.php from another post only now my featured articles look like crap. I compared the default_item.php from a reply in 2010 and mine (from a j25 install) and they are VERY DIFFERENT. What line do you add where to fix this issue? I attach my file. Thanks in advance.

Jerónimo</blockquote>
Hello jeronimov,

Would you mind getting me a few screenshots for more clarifications? Then I shall know what you are trying to achieve.
Right now, I am quite not sure where to start.

Regards.

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#471781

My site broke like everyone elses due to “a missing div tag” I keep reading about. Fixing this left and right module mess by uploading a default_item.php I found in another post (which comes from components/com_contents/views/featured/tmpl/default_item.php) messes de style of my featured items in the home as seen in ceramicasantiago.com and the screen capture I attach. Comparing the default_item.php I use with the one from the template I see they are extremely different and cannot spot where in the default_item.php is that missing div tag. What I need is to be able to fix the left and right module alignment issue without breaking the featured article layout.

Best,

Jerónimo

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#471798

I found the final explanation which came from Chavan in the post:
http://www.joomlart.com/forums/topic/right-module-alignment-off/

<blockquote>I have fixed the issue:
Issue was this file: /templates/ja_portfolio/html/com_content/featured/default_item.php
The article-tools End DIV tag was closed after the EndIf statement, I have moved it before the Endif statement
This is the fix.</blockquote>

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#491218

I seem to have this same problem, left and right positions gone wild when i publish some article in position content. (content-main) If I unpublish the articles, the positions back to normal. This is the link to the site http://www.fifty.com.br/modelo3
I can i solve the problem ?

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