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    Default Tip: Turning off the left column.

    Hey,

    Carol ( my wife ) wanted to move the side boxes to the right side. So being the dutiful husband that I am I tried to figure out how to do that.

    I went through the code and messed around for half a day until I accidentally stumbled on the proper method for doing this in the admin section. duh.

    You go into admin
    configuration
    Layout Settings
    Column Left Status = 0

    Make sure you set the following as well.

    Column Left - side boxes = 0
    Column Left = 0

    Don't forget to move everything to the right or you'll look silly like I did.

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    Default Re: Tip: Turning off the left column.

    Quote Originally Posted by birdoasis View Post
    Carol ( my wife ) wanted to move the side boxes to the right side. So being the dutiful husband that I am I tried to figure out how to do that.

    I went through the code and messed around for half a day until I accidentally stumbled on the proper method for doing this in the admin section. ...
    Don't forget to move everything to the right or you'll look silly like I did.
    Look on the bright side - a business savvy wife and a well intentioned (if ham-handed husband) are perfect sitcom fodder. Throw in a couple of precocious kids who are wise beyond their years, and you've got a winner!

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    Default Re: Tip: Turning off the left column.

    What am i doing wrong?

    I set
    Column Width - Right to 0
    and
    Column Width - Right Boxes = 0

    but I still cant seem to get rid of the right column.

    http://www.costombs.com/index.php?ma...products_id=10

    (please excuse kreepy karen... Yes she is a true prop I can sell)

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    Default Re: Tip: Turning off the left column.

    You left out the critical part that birdoasis mentioned:

    You go into admin
    configuration
    Layout Settings
    Column Left Status - Global = 0

    (The
    Column Width - Right
    and
    Column Width - Right Boxes
    are actually irrelevant and don't need to be touched if you don't want to.)
    Last edited by gjh42; 13 Feb 2008 at 03:27 AM.

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    Default Re: Tip: Turning off the left column.

    Actually I just did not write that in...

    my

    Column Right Status - Global is set to 0

    But I still have that gray box as previously linked

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    Default Re: Tip: Turning off the left column.

    Ask the template designer.
    Please do not PM for support issues: a private solution doesn't benefit the community.

    Be careful with unsolicited advice via email or PM - Make sure the person you are talking to is a reliable source.

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    Default Re: Tip: Turning off the left column.

    Your template is heavily reworked and hard to find the cause of the spacing. The gray box is caused by this in your stylesheet:
    Code:
    #contentMainWrapper {
    	background:url("../images/sidebox.gif") 100% 0 repeat-y; /* This is the right column background "faked" with an image. */
    	background-color:#ffffff; /*background color for the main "content" of the site */
    	}
    You might ask in the Cherry Zen support thread for help with expanding #contentMainWrapper to fill the page.

 

 

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