Question About The Width Of The Forum

by Nedd on Sat Dec 15 2007, 10:59

How can i Smaller The Width Of My Forum?

by **Luky** on Sat Dec 15 2007, 11:02

Hi, your title being non explicit and therefore not facilitating research via the search option, I'm not answering (nor is any other member ) until you change your title for an explicit one, related to your problem

by **Luky** on Sat Dec 15 2007, 11:27

That's better. Now to change the Width of your forum go to admin panel=>Styles=>Pictures & Colors=>Colors. There look for the following box "Forum width (number or %)" and set your desired forum width.

by Amortentia Cécile on Wed Jan 30 2008, 19:04

I know how to change the width of the forum itself by going to admin/colors, but i need to know how to change the width of the actual posts. they are so wide, it's hard to read without scrolling to the right.
How do i change the width of the posts?

this is normal:
www.hogwartsekspresi.com
but, when you open a topic;
http://www.hogwartsekspresi.com/karanlyk-sanatlara-kary-savunma-derslioi-f67/sezonun-ilk-dersi-1-2-ve-3-synyflar-icin-ortak-t2184.htm#115109

thanks! profileright

by zinex on Wed Jan 30 2008, 20:28

it looks fine to me. But if it is wide after setting the width of your forum in admin, then make sure there are not some over large signatures Smile

by Amortentia Cécile on Wed Jan 30 2008, 23:02

No, there isn't any. If you look again carefully, you can see that it's hard to read without scrolling to the right. I t is very bad for me and my members; pls say something

thanks'

by **Caihlem** on Wed Jan 30 2008, 23:06

Bold and Color are reserved for moderation, like this, so please keep to the default font

by **Sunny_D** on Wed Jan 30 2008, 23:17

the forum appears as it should to me, see the screenshot below.

Spoiler:

sometimes, after posting for example, it could happen that the page gets incredibly expanded to the side, but normally that can be fixed with a simple reload of the page. Smile

EDIT: i see now that i cropped that screenshot horribly, but there really were no extremely wide posts.

by **Luky** on Wed Jan 30 2008, 23:45

Your forum appears ok to me, maybe you use a low screen resolution and so your internet browser's pages are displayed wider.

by Amortentia Cécile on Thu Jan 31 2008, 01:03

Can't you see that it's hard to read without scrolling to the right?? not only i; my members are also complainant ...
As i said; the index of forum is normal but for ex in there:
http://www.hogwartsekspresi.com/karanlyk-sanatlara-kary-savunma-derslioi-f67/sezonun-ilk-dersi-1-2-ve-3-synyflar-icin-ortak-t2184.htm#115109
it is wide... why?

by zinex on Thu Jan 31 2008, 02:14

amortantia are you missing the posts on this thread? a good few have checked your forum and its fine to us! We are not joking you! this means it is most likely either from having signature or having a low resolution computer neither of which forumotion can fix.

this is what i see click it:

Spoiler:

that is not too wide and thats clicking the link you just posted.

by Amortentia Cécile on Thu Jan 31 2008, 12:17

yes, it is not too wide and it is the width that i want; but when we click it (i and the members) it seems too wide to us and we can't read the articles without scrolling to the right, and believe that the problem's source isn't our computers, cause we see some topics wide, some topics narrow... and in these wide topics, there aren't any big signatures.
i am sorry for keeping busy but i need someone to help me...
thanks again.

by Elwina on Sat Feb 02 2008, 19:22

Hey, I'm from the same forum and she's surely not lying or trying to make fun of you!

now most of the topics are extremely wide(so you have to scroll to right) and i know that it's not because of the screen (in fact my screen is 17' and the resolution is 1280x1024) so please tell me how can the reason be my screen or amortantia's screen?

i still don't get why yours look fine?

i'd be very very happy if somebody could help us. please?

by Uber Lord on Sat Feb 02 2008, 19:46

OK When i checked it out i don't think i can help you i don't think there is a background width changer sorry i tried

by Elwina on Sat Feb 02 2008, 20:02

yeah there's no background width changer. that's the main problem.

Anyway, i logged out and the width was normal. So you have to be a member and log in to see the problem. if you're not logged in it'll seem normal to you, too...

see, that's our situation, see the scroll bar? it was even wider at first, still too wide by now:

Spoiler:

to see the whole photo: http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k118/white_elwing/adsz-3.jpg

by Amortentia Cécile on Mon Feb 04 2008, 21:52

Anyway; we mentioned about our problems but there isnt any people that want to help us... as elwina said; when we logged out, the width of the forum is normal, like your looks. but when we login, the forum becomes very wide so we cant read anything without scrolling to the right. i say again: please help us, please!

by Amortentia Cécile on Sat Mar 08 2008, 22:58

I know that i am doing flood but i need help and there isnt anybody. Please try to help us and find the source of the problem. We tried all ways, but we couldn t find the correct solution. ?!

by **Sunny_D** on Sun Mar 09 2008, 18:31

Hm... do you have custom CSS written in the textbox in "Stlyes/Colors/CSS Stylesheet"?

If yes, could you post the content? (if you dont want to do in public, send me a pm)

by Amortentia Cécile on Wed Mar 19 2008, 22:12

No, I opened it and I cant see anything in that box.What shall I write on there for having the normal width?
Thanks for helps.

by **Sunny_D** on Thu Mar 20 2008, 01:57

Well, I really don't know if this would help in your case, but try to put a percentage value into the forum width in (Styles / Colors), instead of a fixed pixel value. For example set it to 80%. It's important that you also add the "%" at the end of the value!

by Amortentia Cécile on Mon Apr 07 2008, 12:48

Unfortunately it didn't work too. I know that i am really disturbing you, but i need help.

by Adiex on Mon Apr 07 2008, 13:20

hello,

seem you got strange problem there. but for this one i agreed Sunny_D, sometimes large picture can cause that problem, and even weirder is its only happen in some part of you forum,

so i comes with this conclusion, i think maybe there is one member on you forum that carry ultra large sig, so where ever he/she post, you forum width will automatically re-size to apply with that user sig,

so here is solution, go to you forum page that got this width problem and find any member that carry ultra large sig on that page only & ask them to remove it (or remove it by yourself) for a while, see if its work.

ps: i just go to your forum a while ago and in that weird page, i notice there is one user carry so large sig, try check 'Cassandra I. Miller' user name on you forum Smile

,

its just my opinion tho,
adiex

by Amortentia Cécile on Thu Apr 17 2008, 16:40

Hımm... What shall I do to explain you that the problem's source isn't a big sig?

For example; a member see the forum normal; but I am not. (same forum.) Or, a member see the forum normal and when I did her a moderator; she started to see the forum wide.

If I log out; I see every forums normal; (i want this size...) but when i log in; I see all the forums wide!

Why? Nobody know the problem or its source; and we have lived with this problem for a long time. Are there anyone that can help us???

by Elwina on Fri Apr 25 2008, 13:47

ohh, please...

it's been months with this problem. So don't tell me it MAY be a large sign, or a large photo. Coz it's not that. My first idead was it, too, so i had looked for it already. And it's NOT a large photo etc.

I couldn't find any coding mistake, too. I keep thinking that, if it's not because of our administration, so what? what's wrong with it?

by **Skittles** on Mon Apr 28 2008, 11:49

Moving to Techs

Quick note to techs: In summary it appears that the problem of the forum width being too large only appears once a person is logged in, as a registered member. If they log out and appear as a guest, they can see the screen sized appropriately.

They are also experiencing the same problems with the dates, causing problems with registration due to the dates being off. So when people put in their date of birth at registration it doesn't recognize it properly. Which is being addressed in another thread here in the techs.

I just thought I should mention that, in case there could be some kind of connection, altho I highly doubt they are connected.

by therealbuba on Wed Jul 23 2008, 01:04

Luky wrote:That's better. Now to change the Width of your forum go to admin panel=>Styles=>Pictures & Colors=>Colors. There look for the following box "Forum width (number or %)" and set your desired forum width.

um...i mgiht not be looking rite but i can't seem to find forum width....if you could point it out

Therealbuba