Adjust column width

[mhmartin]

While I thought this would be a simple task to do, I'm finding it troublesome to find the correct location to define the width settings of the 2 primary columns in the viewlisting.tpl file. I would like column 1 (with the titles) to be wider. Any suggestions as to where I can add the code?

I tried inserting it in the following location with no success (and yes, it is set to display the seller):

<tr> 
<td width="35"><strong>{$smarty.const.LANG_SELLER}:</strong></td>
<td>{if $preview!="Y"}<a href="viewmember.php?member={$owner}">{$username}</a>
{else}{$username}{/if}</td>

Would I have to insert the width into every row to get this to function properly? I've only been setting the width of one row in hopes that it would cause the entire column to adjust.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Matt

[Mike-N-Tosh]

Your in the right file and the right code, but 35 pixels is very narrow. It looks like the table cell IS 35 when I look at a listing on your site. Just increase that to maybe 100?

-Mike

[Eric Barnes]

Would I have to insert the width into every row to get this to function properly? I've only been setting the width of one row in hopes that it would cause the entire column to adjust.

You should only have to do the width in one column and it will affect the rest.

[mhmartin]

Thank you both for your prompt response. Unfortunately changing the value to 100 did not change it one bit. I viewed the source of the page to make sure it reflected the change and it did...but the change does not alter the appearance as it should. I also tried switching it to another line...no difference. I took this snippet from the view source:

<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="norm">
<tr> 
<td width="100"><strong>Phone:</strong></td>
<td>808-293-1447</td>
			</tr>

Any other suggestions?

Matt

[Mike-N-Tosh]

Maybe I'm confused, but I went back to your site and the column width is now larger. In fact it's about 200 pixels wide.

Perhaps you sorted it out after your last post.

-Mike

[mhmartin]

Apparently I needed to empty my browser's cache...Refresh wasn't cutting it. Now it appears correct.

Thanks for your help Mike-N-Tosh & Suzkaw!

Matt

[Maffo]

You should always use a unit measure such as 100px or 100%, not 100. You may have browser conflicts with that.

[mhmartin]

Thanks for the recommendation Maffo, I'll fix that...good tip to know.

Matt

[Mike-N-Tosh]

Originally Posted by Maffo

You should always use a unit measure such as 100px or 100%, not 100. You may have browser conflicts with that.

Actually, that is NOT correct. According to the w3 specification for length (which this is) is defined as pixels or percentage. Only the % needs to be defined in a length specification, because pixels is default. If no length is specified in any HTML element, then the length is calculated in pixels by adding all of the parts of the element (e.g. margin, border, padding, content).

The only time that px is required is if it is used to define a font size, which is not a length specification. This is because the default for a font is em (The user defined browser preference for font size) in HTML.

I'm not trying to start an argument, but standards should be followed and HTML standards are set by the w3.

-Mike

[Maffo]

Your right Mike, I think I might have inherited this from CSS and not HTML. I always use the

PHP Code:

style="width: 200px; height: 50px;" 


tag when I cant have the values in my external stylesheet, just the same I always use PX in my stylesheets.
I only use

PHP Code:

height="100px"  width ="50px" 


for images. And after just reading up , it seems you are correct and can drop the px from the img tag.

CSS Dimensions