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[kathrin1 Friend kathrin1Join date: October 2006Posts: 7Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#122698

I noticed that the last few templates lacked the dynamic fluid page-width option.
Is this a trend? I hope not.
I especially need this option for pages with large graphics, tables, etc.

Is there some technical issue that makes this a problem to implement, or is a design decision?

[Menalto Friend MenaltoJoin date: May 2007Posts: 4736Downloads:0Uploads:43 Thanks: 2 Thanked: 531 times in 361 posts]

#229337

To implement it is usuall no problem, just some work to make it perfect:p

[kathrin1 Friend kathrin1Join date: October 2006Posts: 7Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#229350

It must be very difficult, indeed, as it is appently no longer offered, even though it is so useful that I would usually choose it as my default width.
Am I the only one who finds this option to be particularly useful? :confused:

[matthew1234 Friend matthew1234Join date: July 2006Posts: 10Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#229577

I really appreciate a fluid width option as well.

[MuffinDCC Friend MuffinDCCJoin date: March 2007Posts: 230Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#229580

It just requires changing one option in template_css.css, a width from pixels to a percentage 🙂

[bernhar Friend bernharJoin date: July 2006Posts: 214Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 3 Thanked: 3 times in 1 posts]

#229588

Hi kathrin,

may I ask what you are missing when using a fixed width template. Is a 1024px width to narrow for you? If this is the case, how would you make a fluid template filled with large graphics and tables accessible for people with narrower screens? In general I think it is very hard to make a template fluid while retaining good design principles. This is surely one reason why fluid templates seem to get such a endangered species. Just my 2cents 🙂

Bernhard

[matthew1234 Friend matthew1234Join date: July 2006Posts: 10Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#229615

Thanks for the note MuffinDCC; that helps.

[kathrin1 Friend kathrin1Join date: October 2006Posts: 7Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#229623

<em>@bernhar 27745 wrote:</em><blockquote>Hi kathrin,

may I ask what you are missing when using a fixed width template. Is a 1024px width to narrow for you? If this is the case, how would you make a fluid template filled with large graphics and tables accessible for people with narrower screens? In general I think it is very hard to make a template fluid while retaining good design principles. This is surely one reason why fluid templates seem to get such a endangered species. Just my 2cents 🙂

Bernhard</blockquote>

• The arbitrary limitation of 1024 pixels is less than half of my screen width. And monitors are getting wider, fast. Moore’s Law?
• The way for those with narrow screens to access wide content?: scroll bars. But those with wide monitors don’t want to be forced to scroll across an arbitrarily tiny page.
• If a design is dependent upon a fixed size column (as many of my textual pages may be), then design that particular page with css or tables to taste. It’s easier to make a fixed-width column within a fluid design that to try to fit too-large content into arbitrarily imposed fixed page width.
• The option to choose is all I’m asking for (preferably page-to-page). Fixed-width is best for some designs, while unlimited is appropriate for others.

[bernhar Friend bernharJoin date: July 2006Posts: 214Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 3 Thanked: 3 times in 1 posts]

#229627

There is another possible solution to the width problem namely fluid width between a min and a max value. Surprisingly this is very rare among joomla templates. An example for this is the YAML-Framework. Not sure if it is allowed to post a link here.

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