Make the left column wider?

[Guest]

How do i fix the left column containing the catalog, manufactors, search, wider?

 

Thanx -Marcus Swe

[241]

you could hard code the width or use this which will give you seperate widths for left and right columns

 

INSTRUCTIONS

 

1. Open catalog/includes/application_top.php

2. Find the line (around line 47) that reads

// customization for the design layout
 define('BOX_WIDTH', 145); // how wide the boxes should be in pixels (default: 125)

3. after this, add the following lines ....

// customization for the design layout left column
 define('BOX_WIDTH_LEFT', 165); // how wide the boxes should be in pixels (default: 125)
 
// customization for the design layout right column
 define('BOX_WIDTH_RIGHT', 125); // how wide the boxes should be in pixels (default: 125)

 

6. (set your own width preferences (I have used 165 pixels for the left column and 125 pixels for the right) Save file

 

7. Now open the second file to edit: catalog/default.php

8. Find the first line to change at (around line 51) that reads

<td width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH; ?>" valign="top"><table border="0" width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH; ?>" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">

9. REPLACE this line, with the following line ....

<td width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH_LEFT; ?>" valign="top"><table border="0" width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH_LEFT; ?>" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">

10. Find the second line to change at (around line 325) that reads

<td width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH; ?>" valign="top"><table border="0" width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH; ?>" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">

11.REPLACE this line with the following line....

<td width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH_RIGHT; ?>" valign="top"><table border="0" width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH_RIGHT; ?>" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">

5. save the file and upload your 2 changed files to your active installation.