Need help with modifying Template

[Rorie]

i have managed it right up to now. but i have 2 black lines on the right & left sides of my content tag i have tried every trick in the book that i know off to remove them no luck. can anyone help me also i would like to stretch the template from the bottom, left & right hand sides so there are no spaces

[mamtom]

Care to post a link to your site, and maybe tell us which template you're using.

[Rorie]

Originally Posted by mamtom

Care to post a link to your site, and maybe tell us which template you're using.

http://dosvault.rorboy1983.com/

i am attempting to modify the bubble template

[mamtom]

A simple fix would be to change the background color of that spacer:

td.greyline {
	width: 0px;
	background: #333333;
}

Change it to #ffffff (white) and the grey (not black) lines will "disappear".

This really isn't a Mambo question, since you're tweaking a third party template. Do yourself a favor and download the (free) Web Developer template for the Firefox browser. That would allow you to easily and quickly figure out the parameters of each element on the page.

[Rorie]

Originally Posted by mamtom

A simple fix would be to change the background color of that spacer:

td.greyline {
	width: 0px;
	background: #333333;
}

Change it to #ffffff (white) and the grey (not black) lines will "disappear".

This really isn't a Mambo question, since you're tweaking a third party template. Do yourself a favor and download the (free) Web Developer template for the Firefox browser. That would allow you to easily and quickly figure out the parameters of each element on the page.

ok i removed this code

td.left_shadow {
width: 18px;
background: url(../images/shadow_left.png) repeat-y;
}

td.right_shadow {
width: 18px;
background: url(../images/shadow_right.png) repeat-y;
}

td.left_bot_shadow {
width: 18px;
height: 40px;
background: url(../images/shadow_left_bot.png) no-repeat;
}

td.right_bot_shadow {
width: 18px;
height: 40px;
background: url(../images/shadow_right_bot.png) no-repeat;
}

now i am getting a grey background i wish to stretch the template to cover the greyness i am quite unsure how to do this. any help will be appreciated. i can't do this without help thanx

[mamtom]

Rorie,

I gave you the quick fix, but you've changed other stuff.

Please remember that this is a Mambo support forum, and the template you're playing around with is from a third party. You need to contact the third party vendor for help with modifying the template.

Alternatively, as I've suggested, download the Web Developer add-on for the Firefox browser, and use this to identify which code and css defines the various elements on the page.

[Rorie]

Originally Posted by mamtom

Rorie,

I gave you the quick fix, but you've changed other stuff.

Please remember that this is a Mambo support forum, and the template you're playing around with is from a third party. You need to contact the third party vendor for help with modifying the template.

Alternatively, as I've suggested, download the Web Developer add-on for the Firefox browser, and use this to identify which code and css defines the various elements on the page.

i have emailed the template author over a week later no reply so i am forced to come back here the web developer add-on doesn't help me much i have gone thru the code & cannot find the code that allows me to stretch the template so that i do not have a grey background on my left & right positions. i would appreciate it if somebody could take a look & instruct me or maby even prehaps fix the problem for me. any takers?

[mamtom]

the code that allows me to stretch the template

It's not a simple matter of "stretching" the template; You're trying to edit a template that has a number of tables, all of which must be the correct size for the page to look right. If you're unwilling or unable to figure them all out, you'd be well advised to find a different template.

.... the web developer add-on doesn't help me much...

It doesn't appear that you're using the Web Developer add-on for Firefox, because it clearly shows you:

1. The css defining the grey background:

#page_bg {
	height: 100%; 
	background: #999999;
	padding: 0;
	margin-bottom: 1px

2. The center table width:

<table id="main" class="minimal" width="809">

3. The "shadow" outside the table:

<td class="left_shadow">
<img width="18" height="1" src="http://dosvault.rorboy1983.com/templates/bubble/images/spacer.png"/>

When you change the table width, you'll probably find the widths of other things on the page won't be right. Again, Web Developer shows you which ones, but you should seriously consider finding a template that does what you need.

[Rorie]

i have had some help elsewhere so this thread is over & done with