Question Problem with joomla template, not Kunena, I think...

Forgive me if this is the wrong place for this post. Mods, please feel free to move it along if so.

My problem is this: I have a 3 column joomla site, menus to left, ads and announcements to the right, content in the middle. Kunena loads just fine in the center pane, but it's only 560px wide there and so poor K is a little squished. I am trying to get it to occupy both middle and right panes. I am going nuts.

My question is this: Is this even possible? I tried turning off every right side module but that doesn't work. Just leaves blank space. I have been expirementing with my joomla template code and that's going nowhere as well. I think I'm maybe missing something obvious.

Is anybody able to offer an idea or three?

If you remove all of the modules from the right column, Kunena should expand out to the right and take whatever space is available. If the right column is not collapsing I would check with your template provider. Some templates have fixed width columns so you may want to check if there are any template settings you can change in the backend. Post a link to your website and I can probably tell you more.

Thanks TB,
I'm already working along those lines. My left and right cols are indeed fixed width. Sort of a necessity. My site uses transparant backgrounds for the left/right/center column. You can see it at www.offshorediver.com .

I'm sort of evolving my need as I see one solution after another demolished. Already tried turning right side mods off - fixed width col business becomes evident. I'm considering widening the center colum by a bit, but that would necessitate changing up the banner at top of the site, maybe.

Problem with adding major component to an established site - either it fits easily or it don't. but driving on.

If you're comfortable modifying your template you could surround the right column in an if statement that would keep it from displaying when you're on the Kunena pages. Something like this:

<?php if ($option != 'com_kunena') : ?>

All the code that creates the column.

<?php endif; ?>

Thanks TB, the IF statement worked. I didn't think of that. I'm only into php enough to be dangerous, anyway.

However... Kunena is still occupying only the center pane. Even with the right side turned off, is stays narrow. I'm thinking I need to use auto-width of the middle area, but I'm not sure exactly how to implement that. But I will try.

It sounds like the middle column is also fixed width. If so just change the css for that columen to be width:auto (width:100% should also work) instead of width:700px, or whatever it is now.