expanding middle column

[sammy2001]

hello again

site

I'm trying to design a site that has a fixed width of 760px using the "smart" template. When i go to the product page the central column is expanding
(i looked at the source and it says the folowing:
<input name="PAGEFILENAME" value="shop.html" type="hidden"> <br><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" cols="3" width="500">)

Were is this option hidden - is it in the smart template or the actinic options?

i don't know were this 500 is coming from.
In the smart template i've set the left/right columns to equal 140 and left the
centre table to be 100% or blank.

thank you in advance

[jont]

Hi Steven,

take a look in Design | Options | Site Defaults - one of the properties is ACTSTDWIDTH - try setting that to the value you are after

[sammy2001]

I'd tried that (set it to 370) and it had worked on some of the pages (the home, terms & conds + view checkout) but when i open the catalogue pages, the width of the main table jumps quite a bit and in the code there is a set width inside the centre table - here:

<input name="PAGEFILENAME" value="shop.html" type="hidden"> <br><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" cols="3" width="500">

I looked through the tables and i couldn't see this width option set on the
PAGEFILENAME

thanks for your reply

[jont]

Have you looked in the Act_ProductBody.htm template? There is a fixed width specified in there also.

[sammy2001]

thanks for that - looks like it worked.

[sammy2001]

hello again

just uploaded my site again and now (the ssl is sorted out)
- i keep getting the big set width tables in the centre column
(about 600px) throwing the width of my main table (set at 760)

I've looked at the Act_ProductBody.html - removing the width
and that worked on some pages - but remains on some other.
What other pages could the fixed widths appear.

the site i'm working on

thanks in advance

[Nadeem]

Hi Steven,

At what point that the main table change, do you have any examples. If it is the ordering stage, it possible it could be the "Act_ShoppingCartXML.html". Please could you advise with examples.

Kind Regards

[sammy2001]

thanks for getting back to me.

an example of this happening was when i tried to purchase something and it took me to the checkout side of the site - thats when the table looked wider than the rest of the site.

I've had a look at "Act_ShoppingCartXML.html" and removed some of the fixed widths that were probably making the central column bigger than i intended.

i've also been playing around with the Act_Order00.html (0-4)
as there was some set width <hr> tags - they were set as 600px - which really expanded the table.

some more smaller questions

1.
on the checkout page - when you look at the Select Shipping Destination section - the input fields (country and State) are side by side.
I think this might be making the central column wider as well.
Which page will this on - and how can i stack them on top of each other instead.

Also - if you don't fill in the correct details a large box appears at the top of the page - again this could be making the pager wider...

2.
when it goes to the checkout - we lose the top main menu (so there is no option to return to the home page). How can i make it come back.

3
the client has asked us to remove some of the links at the top of the page.
ie - he wants to remove the "up" and "Search" button options on the main top menu. Were is the option to do this. he said there is too many options??


sorry - about having all these questions but i'm still new to all this

thank you in advance.

[Nadeem]

Hi Steven

on the checkout page - when you look at the Select Shipping Destination section - the input fields (country and State) are side by side.
I think this might be making the central column wider as well.
Which page will this on - and how can i stack them on top of each other instead.

This can be found in the "Act_LocationSelectTemplate.html"

when it goes to the checkout - we lose the top main menu (so there is no option to return to the home page). How can i make it come back.

If you are talking about the Navigation along the top, then this is done intentionally. The reason being is that you want your client to proceed to checkout and not go anywhere else. If you would like the navigation to appear onlong the top, then you need to hardcode the links on the primary template.

the client has asked us to remove some of the links at the top of the page.
ie - he wants to remove the "up" and "Search" button options on the main top menu. Were is the option to do this. he said there is too many options??

Go to "Design | Option | Navigation" and remove all reference to the "Up" and "Search"

Kind Regards