FIX WIDTH OF SHOP

[Superpet toys rus]

Hi,

 

I cant understand what i am doing wrong...i have followed the instructions from another thread about centering my website and the other day it worked perfectly...but since then i have started my site from scratch again and this time it just will not work. ive tried many different fixes and still no joy...these are the instructions i used that worked the other day:

 

21. How do I fix the width and center my shop?

There are several ways to achieve that, but probably the easiest way is:

On the line immediately before the very first <table> in includes/header.php, add another with a fixed width - 770px for example:

 

CODE

<table align="center" border="0" width="770"><tr><td>

 

 

then on the very last line in includes/footer.php, close the table:

 

CODE

</td></tr></table>

 

 

im pulling my hair out now with just the simplest of things grrrrrrr

 

this is my shop now..... www.superpettoysrus.com ........any simple suggestions much appreciated...as you can tell im not a genius so go easy lol

[spooks]

there is a better way

 

 

Center & size Shop http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/1485

[Superpet toys rus]

hiya....thanks for that ...i had come across that contribution but i think i was in that much of a flap i forgot to add some bits. All sorted now and it looks great......well great so far for a novice site lol

[Lipeiro]

there is a better way

 

 

Center & size Shop http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/1485

 

 

Hi!

 

I´m trying to follow the instructions on the way you recommended but nothing works. I starting to lose my mind.

 

Could you please give me some help?

 

my website is www.dcode.pt/catalog

 

after doing every step the only thing I got was a white box around all the website contents.

 

any ideias?

 

regards and thanks

Luis

[Gems]

Hi, Hope all is well. This is my header.php, Where would i insert

<div id="content"> in here. Ive tried it but i keep getting an error when i go to the website

 

 

<?php
/*
 $Id: header.php 1739 2007-12-20 00:52:16Z hpdl $

 osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions
 [url="http://www.oscommerce.com"]http://www.oscommerce.com[/url]

 Copyright © 2003 osCommerce

 Released under the GNU General Public License
*/
// check if the 'install' directory exists, and warn of its existence
 if (WARN_INSTALL_EXISTENCE == 'true') {
   if (file_exists(dirname($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_FILENAME']) . '/install')) {
     $messageStack->add('header', WARNING_INSTALL_DIRECTORY_EXISTS, 'warning');
   }
 }

// check if the configure.php file is writeable
 if (WARN_CONFIG_WRITEABLE == 'true') {
  if ( (file_exists(dirname($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_FILENAME']) . '/includes/configure.php')) && (fileperms(dirname($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_FILENAME']) . '/includes/configure.php') & 18) ) {
     $messageStack->add('header', WARNING_CONFIG_FILE_WRITEABLE, 'warning');
   }
 }

// check if the session folder is writeable
 if (WARN_SESSION_DIRECTORY_NOT_WRITEABLE == 'true') {
   if (STORE_SESSIONS == '') {
     if (!is_dir(tep_session_save_path())) {
       $messageStack->add('header', WARNING_SESSION_DIRECTORY_NON_EXISTENT, 'warning');
     } elseif (!is_writeable(tep_session_save_path())) {
       $messageStack->add('header', WARNING_SESSION_DIRECTORY_NOT_WRITEABLE, 'warning');
     }
   }
 }

// check session.auto_start is disabled
 if ( (function_exists('ini_get')) && (WARN_SESSION_AUTO_START == 'true') ) {
   if (ini_get('session.auto_start') == '1') {
     $messageStack->add('header', WARNING_SESSION_AUTO_START, 'warning');
   }
 }

 if ( (WARN_DOWNLOAD_DIRECTORY_NOT_READABLE == 'true') && (DOWNLOAD_ENABLED == 'true') ) {
   if (!is_dir(DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD)) {
     $messageStack->add('header', WARNING_DOWNLOAD_DIRECTORY_NON_EXISTENT, 'warning');
   }
 }

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


<object width="425" height="125">
<param name="movie" value="Ig_banner.swf">
<embed src="includes/banner/Ig_banner.swf" width="425" height="125">
</embed>
</object>



 <td align="right" valign="bottom">

                                        


<?php echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_ACCOUNT, '', 'SSL') . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'header_account.gif', HEADER_TITLE_MY_ACCOUNT) . '</a>     
<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_SHOPPING_CART) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'header_cart.gif', HEADER_TITLE_CART_CONTENTS) . '

</a><a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL') . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . '', HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT) . '</a>'; ?></td>

<?php
 if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['error_message']) && tep_not_null($HTTP_GET_VARS['error_message'])) {
?>
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
 <tr class="headerError">
   <td class="headerError"><?php echo htmlspecialchars(stripslashes(urldecode($HTTP_GET_VARS['error_message']))); ?></td>
 </tr>
</table>
<?php
 }

 if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['info_message']) && tep_not_null($HTTP_GET_VARS['info_message'])) {
?>
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
 <tr class="headerInfo">
   <td class="headerInfo"><?php echo htmlspecialchars(stripslashes(urldecode($HTTP_GET_VARS['info_message']))); ?></td>
 </tr>
</table>





<?php
 }
?>

 

This is my footer.php it already has a </div> in the end do i need to add it again?

<?php
/*
 $Id: footer.php 1739 2007-12-20 00:52:16Z hpdl $

 osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions
 [url="http://www.oscommerce.com"]http://www.oscommerce.com[/url]

 Copyright © 2003 osCommerce

 Released under the GNU General Public License
*/


?>
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1">
 <tr class="footer">



<tbody><tr class="footertop">
       <td class="footertop" align="center">
	<a href="index.php">Home</a>
  |   
	<a href="conditions.php">About Us</a>
  |   
	<a href="http://www.islamicgems.com/gallery.php" target="_blank">Gallery</a>
  |   
	<a href="http://www.islamicgems.com/tutorials/references.html" target="_blank">Tutorials</a>  |   

       <a href="http://www.islamicgems.com/events.php" target="_blank">Events</a>   |   
    <a href="http://www.blog.islamicgems.com/" target="_blank">Blog</a>   |   
    <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/ISLAMICGEMS/74177547629?ref=ts" target="_blank">Fan Page</a>   |   
	<a href="http://www.islamicgems.com/contact_us.php" target="_blank">Contact Us</a>




</td></tr><tr class="footertop"><td class="footertop" align="center">

	<a href="shipping.php" ><font size="1">Shipping & Returns</font></a>   |  
    <a href="privacy.php" ><font size= "1">Privacy Policy</font></a>  |  
	<a href="http://www.islamicgems.com/care.php" target="_blank"><font size= "1">Hijab Pin Care</font></a>
	</td>







 </tr>
</table>




<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
 <tr>
   <td align="center" class="smallText"><?php echo FOOTER_TEXT_BODY; ?></td>
 </tr>
</table>
<?php
 if ($banner = tep_banner_exists('dynamic', '468x50')) {
?>


<div align=center>

</div>

<?php
 }
?>

 

Thank you in advance.

[spooks]

already has a </div> in the end do i need to add it again?

 

obviously, basic html rules still apply!!!!

 

what is error message?

 

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