making left column wider

[Knife]

Hi Guys,

 

I've been strugling for some hours to get the left column wider, so there is now wrapping in my long category names, until now... noc succces :(

 

Anyone a tip ?

 

thanks in advance, greetz,

[Wendy James]

One way would be to open catalog/includes/application top and look for

// customization for the design layout
 define('BOX_WIDTH', 125); // how wide the boxes should be in pixels (default: 125

change that to

// customization for the design layout
 define('BOX_WIDTH', 150); // how wide the boxes should be in pixels (default: 125
 define('BOX_WIDTH_LEFT', 125); // how wide the boxes should be in pixels (default: 125

Change the 125 to whatever you want for the left column

 

Then open all of the main files in your catalog folder and look for

<!-- body //-->
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3">
 <tr>
   <td width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH; ?>" valign="top"><table border="0" width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH; ?>" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
<!-- left_navigation //-->
<?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'column_left.php'); ?>
<!-- left_navigation_eof //-->

and change it to

<!-- body //-->
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3">
 <tr>
   <td width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH_LEFT; ?>" valign="top"><table border="0" width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH_LEFT; ?>" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
<!-- left_navigation //-->
<?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'column_left.php'); ?>
<!-- left_navigation_eof //-->

[Knife]

thank you very much for the reply ! I'll try it right away...