Tried it myself, can't finish...someone help!!

[Damien Hannah]

Can someone please help me? I messaged George but I'm sure he's busy, I have succeeded in part of my goal, but "stretching" the column isn't working for me. I've stretched my forum, but for some reason, this same method isn't working for me.

I've used "inspect" via firefox web developer tools, to try and call to the column, which I think is span-14.

Someone can you please visit http://addictapic.com, using firefox or firebug, or whatever, and help me to get that stretched out to full canvas width? pretty sure it's

DIV#column2.xg_column.xg_span-14{width:983px!important;}

right? it's not working. :(

[Damien Hannah]

Is it possible that the jquery tabs have a width in there that is over riding these codes or something?

I even tried putting the codes above everything else in Custom Code.

So sucks, now I've seen the screenshot, but can't have it that way. sigh, a big sigh...

Oh well, back to studying CSS on my own...

[solo]

whatever the span is change my span and width to your this is text box script..this may work...strech out a textbox...when you stretch out network text boxes doesnt stretch with it,so you have to find the span...

.xg_span-7 .xg_reset {
max-width: 560px;
}

[Damien Hannah]

the span is "span-14"

I haven't tried that ".xg_reset" yet! Perhaps that will work!

This stretching needs to be done site wide, because hiding "span-7" hides that column site wide.

Will this accomplish that? Or do I have to do it page by page?

[solo]

it should work for the whole site..i have a 2 column site that i widen..lots of work has to be done are you on 2 colunm or 3 colunm trying to make 2 colunm?..if your trying to make whole network  wide ..what theme r you using ..i may be able to help...example..still working on a few features  but take a look..http://yubasutterconnect.com

also if you are widening the whole layout..there are other codes you may nedd for the text box and jquery tabs..

[Damien Hannah]

I am using a two column network I believe. Member profiles show as 3 column, but I have already hidden that column for member profiles and stretched their right column, this cleaned their profiles significantly!

I am attempting to make my homepage 1 column, with the jquery tabs all that is seen. The photo slideshow is first on the list, so when you land on Addictapic, you are welcomed with a slideshow, and the top bar.

So on my homepage, I'm simply hiding the left column, and wanting to stretch the right to fill the canvas area.

Last night, I was able to stretch span-14 canvas, and then stretch the slideshow only to full width. I could not single out the other things within the jquery tabs though, and I couldn't get everything to stretch at once.

IF I can accomplish this, it will feel and act like a completely different site! I've seen the screenshot, and I can take it even further if I can figure out how to do this.

[solo]

take a textbox add it to top of everything on home page...add this script to the text box....<div name="boxy2" id="boxy2">

then goto your custom code box or aka analytics box...add this code..

<script type="text/javascript">
var box2 = x$("#boxy2").parent().parent();
x$("#xg_body").children(":first-child").before(box2);
box2.width(1235)</script>

change the width to your needs..this script will make the textbox widen or strech out for jquery..refrence to the script is here...http://creators.ning.com/forum/topics/design-hack-add-a-text-box?co...

posted by a nc  jfarrow

you may need to play with the script a bity..on top of everything or below..depends on your java or jquery thats may cause conflicts

also what theme are you using?

[Damien Hannah]

ok, I'll try this

[Damien Hannah]

"Elegant" is my theme, and I'm actually using a two column layout.

"layout B3"

[Damien Hannah]

Nope, it doesn't work. :( For some reason, when people try on firebug to do it on my site, it works for them. Then I try it, and it doesn't work.

there must be an !important tag somewhere over riding these codes, or something. I have no idea. I'm stuck. :(

[solo]

what is your theme that your using..

[solo]

o.k give me a few..

[Damien Hannah]

OK!!! Now we're getting somewhere!!

This has worked without interfering with my jquery tabs code! SWEET!!

so, now the tabs are stretched, and the left column is hidden... however, each element within the tabs now need to be stretched individually.

I think I can do this. :)

Now, can I hide the left column for homepage only? And not for the other pages?