Can I widen my pages?

[Nigel Smith]

My site is coming along ok, but my pages only cover three quarters of the page (from the left) leaving an annoying blank band down the right side.

I would really like to use this space - is it possible?

[wjcampbe]

What resolution do you see this space at? If it's greater than 800 x 600 then the solution is to change the fixed width for your main table in Act_Primary (and Act_BrochurePrimary if you use it) to 100% instead of fixed width. That will allow it to adjust with the resolution of the user's browser, but always fill the page.

Exactly what change to make and where will depend on what theme you are using.

[Nigel Smith]

Thanks for the reply, I've looked in 'Act_Primary ' but am none the wiser.

What exactly am I looking for? I couldn't find anything that said 'fixed width'.

Nigel.

[Hatticus]

table width="100" // means width of 100 pixels
table width="100%" // mean width of 100% of the screen

[wjcampbe]

Nigel,

If you say what theme you are using we can look at the standard file for that theme and tell you specifically what code to alter. Without the theme, we can only generalise.

Changing the basic width of the page will require you to make a couple of other changes as well, such as the width of the products, fragments and separator lines. Again, specific help can only be given if the theme is known.

The general answer is identify the important tables and change them from a specified width attribute to a percentage, so they will adapt with the screen width.

[Hatticus]

and/or supply the link for your testing server so we can view the source code directly ( but dont blame you if you don't!!)

[Nigel Smith]

The theme is 'Best Seller', I dont have a server yet so cannot test online.

[wjcampbe]

OK - in Best Seller the main table in Act_BrochurePrimary is already set at 98%, so there is nothing to change there.

Further down the template tou will see a reference top ACTSTDWIDTH - this is one of the global settings found in Design | Options - Site defaults.

Try setting this at 100% to use all of the available space, or 80% to leave some open space. (I have never tried a percentage here so it will be interesting to see how it works).

The change to ACTSTDWIDTH will carry through to the product settings etc, so that should be the only change you need.

If - as I suspect, this change is not successful and causes more problems than it solves, the solution would be to comment out the NQV like this <!-- NETQUOTEVAR:ACTSTDWIDTH --> and insert a percentage width directly into the template.