Template-width-changer for 12-column-layout of gantry
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- JSYMedia
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- Henning
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I hope I calculated them right. Add this to your template.css of your Hybrid template
and clear your cache
div#rt-main .rt-grid-1, #rt-bottom .rt-grid-1 {width: 90px;}
div#rt-main .rt-grid-2, #rt-bottom .rt-grid-2 {width: 180px;}
div#rt-main .rt-grid-3, #rt-bottom .rt-grid-3 {width: 270px;}
div#rt-main .rt-grid-4, #rt-bottom .rt-grid-4 {width: 360px;}
div#rt-main .rt-grid-5, #rt-bottom .rt-grid-5 {width: 450px;}
div#rt-main .rt-grid-6, #rt-bottom .rt-grid-6 {width: 540px;}
div#rt-main .rt-grid-7, #rt-bottom .rt-grid-7 {width: 630px;}
div#rt-main .rt-grid-8, #rt-bottom .rt-grid-8 {width: 720px;}
div#rt-main .rt-grid-9, #rt-bottom .rt-grid-9 {width: 810px;}
div#rt-main .rt-grid-10, #rt-bottom .rt-grid-10 {width: 990px;}
div#rt-main .rt-grid-11, #rt-bottom .rt-grid-11 {width: 1080px;}
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- JSYMedia
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Ahh ~ that worked, thank you. It made the columns fill out, but the far right column is now the same width as it was before and I need it to be about one third wider. I assume I just need to play with the numbers in the code you provided.
Thanks Henning. :cheesy:
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- gtsp
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David Goode wrote:
I know Henning is mega busy this month so I will try and live up to his high standards for you all. :cheesy:Greetings everybody.
I have just tested this step by step and it works for me on rt_tachyon_j16
Download the attached zip file. Unzip it and then upload the file - mywidth.php - to your features directory in the template. For most people this will be via ftp to /public_html/your.domain/templates/rt_tachyon_j16/features
Now open the /templates/rt_tachyon_j16/template-options.xml file and look for the code at line 117.......and insert this code - <field name="dyngrid" default="60" type="text" class="text-short" label="mywidth"/> - so the file should now look like this...<div class="text" id="{CB}" style="font-family: monospace;"><ol><li style="" class="li1"><fieldset name="features" label="FEATURES"></li><li style="" class="li2"> <field name="viewswitcher-priority" type="hidden" default="1"/></li><li style="" class="li1"> <field name="logo-priority" type="hidden" default="2"/></li><li style="" class="li2"> <field name="copyright-priority" type="hidden" default="3"/></li><li style="" class="li1"> <field name="styledeclaration-priority" type="hidden" default="4"/></li><li style="" class="li2"> </li></ol></div>Please note that the default is set to 60px, which is the same setting as the current template.<div class="text" id="{CB}" style="font-family: monospace;"><ol><li style="" class="li1"><fieldset name="features" label="FEATURES"></li><li style="" class="li2"> <field name="dyngrid" default="60" type="text" class="text-short" label="mywidth"/> </li><li style="" class="li1"> <field name="viewswitcher-priority" type="hidden" default="1"/></li><li style="" class="li2"> <field name="logo-priority" type="hidden" default="2"/></li><li style="" class="li1"> <field name="copyright-priority" type="hidden" default="3"/></li><li style="" class="li2"> <field name="styledeclaration-priority" type="hidden" default="4"/></li><li style="" class="li1"> </li></ol></div>
Upload the amended file to replace the original.
Now go to Joomla admin and select the rt_tachyon_j16 template and go to template admin. In the features tab you should now have an option called mywidth and it should be displaying the 60 width.
&lt;!-- ia1 --&gt;screenshot-mywidth-tachyon16.png&lt;!-- ia1 --&gt;
Just change the width to suit your needs and then apply. Remember that there are 12 columns so if you set the column width to 100 then you will deliver a screen width of 1200px.
Hope this helps
I have a new installation of joomla 1.7.
I have downloaded the template and have tried the steps above. I do get the "width" option under my features in my template, but it makes no difference what i type in there.
I have also cleared my cache and all offlien items.
Does somebody have a working solution to change the width of the template.
I am using the rt_nebulae_j16 - Default template.
can somebody please explain to me why a very simple feature like this has not been build into this and all the other templates. Why is all the templates not using the full screen. I can understand it it is related to resolution 800x600.. i dint think anybody uses this anymore.
Why is it such a mission to chnage the width. As a paid member i am regretting my choice in theme provider. althou i have to say that rocketthems are good looking, but it is a damm nightmare to get them to work properly.
Can somebody please assist with the width on the rt_nebulae_j16 - Default template.
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- Henning
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Gantry templates are based on the 960pixel grid system so they are 960px wide not 800px.
960px is the defacto-webstandard today.
www.gantry-framework.org/documentation/j...nced/960-grid-system
To debug you issue we need ... as always ... a link. You did add the mywidth.php file?
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- gtsp
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Hi Henning.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUICK REPLY!
Yes i did upload the mywidth.php file into the features dir of the template.
What i then tried, is the following.. I have changed the "60" to "100" and this worked!
<field name="dyngrid" default="60" type="text" class="text-short" label="mywidth"/>
Let me try this on another theme.
But thanks for the reply. I new feel better. This really had me frustrated :cheesy:
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- Henning
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ahhh OK ... 60px is the default column width of the 960px grid system. still depends on the template how good this works. Most of the time its just fixing repeating backgrounds.
As mentioned above it does not work so good on Hybrid and Paradox ...
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- Henning
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ummm in a width of 520px you surely dont want to use 6 columns.
depending on the template the rt-templates have an inner "gutter" of 20 px (10px+10px) and a margin-right and left of 10px to the outside. Not sure why you want 240px padding.
Each .rt-block has an inner padding of 15px ...
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