Question Spacing between Sticky Topics - what determines spacing?

In this example, there's spacing between some of the topics, but not others.

This is a Blue Eagle variant, with CSS applied (but no template changes otherwise, such as to the files themselves).

I can't figure out for the life of me what the difference is. I have a sneaking suspicion it may be related to the fact that I migrated these forums off of SMF, and these posts are different for some reason, but I don't know how / why...

Can anyone enlighten me as to why some are spaced, and some are not?

Thank you!

The spacing may have to do with the template module positions . :dry:

Heh, thanks.

I guess my question should be refined as - how does one remove the module positions, or otherwise remove the spacing if no modules are in use? It looks odd that there are gaps without content at random places in the listing.

(Looking for a way to do this without altering the template files - CSS may be the best way, but I am making sure I am not missing something.)

GJSchaller wrote: How does one remove the module positions, or otherwise remove the spacing if no modules are in use?

You have to modify the PHP that's used in your template. There's a fairly standard technique in Joomla to create "collapsible" module positions. You can easily find out the answer to that question on the Joomla forum site .

Interestingly, I visited the website (the one linked in your signature) and, using Firefox 14.0.1, I did not see the spacings between the sticky topics in the one forum category that I examined. Have you found the cause and fixed it?

I did, I used display:none on the Div used for the modules. It's a workaround since I don't use advertisements, but it's sloppy for people who may choose to use them in the future, as it will either hide the ads, or leave spaces if those positions are not filled.

Find the following code in your kunena.forum.css also the minified.

try changing to...

That could work, too. I will see what happens using those ideas at K.org later. Thanks, snilly.

While the following code (added to the end of your Joomla site template CSS file, do not edit/modify kunena.forum-min.css file) will remove the spacing between sticky topics ... it also means that if you use Google AdSense to place banner ads in the Kunena module positions , the ads won't appear either. This may not be entirely suitable for those people who want to insert modules into those places.

sozzled wrote: That could work, too. I will see what happens using those ideas at K.org later. Thanks, snilly.

No problem sozzled. I agree it would be better to add to template.css

If you meant "it would be better to add it to the template", and you were talking about a "quick-fix" CSS change, then I would disagree that "quick-fix" CSS changes should be applied to kunena.forum-min.css.

If you meant that "it would be better, in the longer term, to redesign the Kunena template so that these things did not happen" then, I agree. It would be better to properly fix such tricky problems as these by redesigning the Kunena template so that these spaces automatically collapsed upon themselves if they weren't being used as place-holders for other modules. For that reason alone, "display: none" is not a very practical solution in the long-run.