11247 HELP - Page width!

HELP!
Before the change to the template - which is very nice [I]and[/I] easy on the eye (thank you) - he pages/posts on the forums fitted my screen width.

But now with this new template, to be able to read each post I have to [I][U]either[/U][/I] continuously scroll 'across' the page [I][U]or[/U][/I] cancel my Bookmark Menu on the left of my screen. That really is a feature which I don't like. Is there any way I can make the page width fit my screen space - or is it something I'll have to 'live with'?

Category
Italy Magazine Forums - Announcements & Queries - No Longer Applicable

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 12/24/2008 - 06:27

I have exactly the same problem and have mentioned it in another post, I await a reply but it's Christmas a really daft time to make big cbanges in my opinion!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 12/24/2008 - 11:34

I complained about the previous fixed-width column layout because it was too narrow and wasted a lot of screen space! It's still fixed, but a larger size, and it fits my screen much better...

Actually, fixed-width [U]anything[/U] is very poor web design and should be discouraged any time someone does it. The problems are exactly as you might guess: too wide for some and too narrow for others. The designer has no control over the users' screen size or resolution.

What I did in the end was to modify the site at my end with a script which strips off the fixed-width attribute. The browser then happily fits everything into the available space.

If you are running Firefox, and have the Greasemonkey extension installed, you can have a copy of my script. (If you aren't, and aren't technical, it's probably too much hassle for you.) Click on [URL]http://www.annaghvarn.plus.com/italyforumsreformat.user.js[/URL]

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 11:33

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][COLOR="Red"][B][SIZE="5"]HOORAY!!![/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/FONT]

[B][U]Finally[/U][/B] the 'page width' is correct... [IMG]http://www.tutorialfx.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/tutfx.gif[/IMG]

I don't have to scroll across the screen any more to read [I]every[/I] post, or close my Bookmark Menu to give the posts a FULL page.

So - to whoever did it.... THANK YOU!
[IMG]http://images.commentfarm.com/previewimages/1699e2bf-884e-4977-876a-30658bbf2bb6.gif[/IMG]

'It's appreciated'!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 14:21

Lucky you!

Mine is still wider than screen width but then again I can usually find ways round when there is no response from the admin here.

I have asked a couple of times if there is a theme for the visually impaired on this site but I have never got a response.

Other forums I belong to have the option to change the way the pages are displayed – something to do with the disability discrimination act I think.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 16:39

No such luck :nah: - it didn't last...

Back to as it was before. :rollingeyes:
I give up.
It's just a farce.
Even the clock is back to playing up as per usual. I think I'm somewhere in the Balkans in Eastern European Time...

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 16:52

Are you on full screen size Carole? I just dragged my screen size smaller in width and then I have to right scroll to read all the text.