Topic: How to change colomn width in post

[Square]

Hi,

SMF 2.0.2
Forum width 900px

A post has 2 columns, poster info on the left, post on the right.
I would like the left column smaller and the right column larger.
I didn't find how to do, help will be appreciated.

[Square]

I still didn't find how to do that.
Is that so tricky?

[K@]

<----- You want that bit smaller?

and this bit ----->>>>

bigger?

I think you'd need to recode a big section of Display.template.php to do that.

From about // Time to display all the posts on.


Plus, that might somewhat screw-up all of your members' avatars.

[emanuele]

The easiest way would be to change the width of the class poster and the left margin of the class postarea in index.css.
Though you could have problems making things in the "poster" area (the one where there are the informations of the member who posted) fit the smaller size.

[Square]

Thanks.

<----- You want that bit smaller?
and this bit ----->>>>
bigger?

Yes.

I think you'd need to recode a big section of Display.template.php to do that.
From about // Time to display all the posts on.

Sorry, can't find this in 2.0.2.

[K@]

Sorry. I meant:

// Show the message anchor and a "new" anchor if this message is new.

emanuele's way would certainly be easier, though.

[Square]

Thanks.

The easiest way would be to change the width of the class poster and the left margin of the class postarea in index.css.

Do I need to change both or only one?
Now I have: poster width = 15em / postarea left mergin = 16em.
May I do like this (for example): poster width = 14.7em / postarea left mergin = 15.7em?

[emanuele]

You have to change both of them.
IIRC 1 em is approximately the width of a char, so 15 em width is roughly equivalent to 15 letters.
Change it to 14.7 would reduce it of one third of a char (i.e. a couple of pixels in the most lucky case).

[Square]

I changed several things in index.css and everything's ok now.
I also reduced the right margin of "Author" to have the "Topic: [topic title]" aligned.
I'll mark this topic as solved; many thanks for your help! 

[K@]

Well sorted, Manny!