how do i edit the page width?

[FourTwenty]

how do i edit the page width?

 

i don't want the page going all the way across the screen..

i want to adjust the width to a smaller dimension.

how?

[♥Vger]

Look below my name for the Fixed Width Site With CSS contribution link.

 

Vger

[FourTwenty]

okay..

we replaced the code exactly like it said in your text file, and syill no dice..

 

please help.

 

Look below my name for the Fixed Width Site With CSS contribution link.

 

Vger

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[robhaworth]

I am having the same problem - is it because the instructions say (in part 2)

 

'In /catalogue/includes/header.php' and i don't appear to have a folder called 'catalogue'?

 

I changed the only one I could find but that was in the admin section

 

Thanks

 

Rob

[♥Vger]

If you run your osCommerce website in the root of your domain then you won't have a 'catalog' folder, in which case the files to edit would be includes/header.php and includes/footer.php

 

Vger

[♥Vger]

There are only three changes to make. You put this code in stylesheet.css (replacing the original body tag):

 

BODY {

text-align: center;

background: #ffffff;

color: #000000;

margin: 0px;

}

 

.fixcenter {

width: 758px;

border: solid; border-width: 1px;

background: #ffffff;

color: #000000;

margin: auto;

margin-top: 20px;

text-align: left;

}

 

and then in includes/header.php you put this code:

 

<div class="fixcenter">

 

immediately below this piece of code:

 

if ($messageStack->size('header') > 0) {
   echo $messageStack->output('header');
 }
?>

 

And in includes/footer.php you put this tag below the closing php tag:

 

</div>

 

You won't find a simpler way of centering a website than that - and it has the added bonus that it works in all major browsers (which some other centering contributions don't do).

 

Vger

 

okay..

we replaced the code exactly like it said in your text file, and syill no dice..

 

please help.

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[robhaworth]

Perfect - absolutely perfect

 

This took me all of 2 seconds to fix (even whilst I cooked the dinner)

 

Now the site looks great

 

Thanks so much

 

 

Rob