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Forum Flexibility 2 Theme Customization Three Columns – Stylesheet: Left Sidebar – Middle – Right Sidebar

Three Columns – Stylesheet: Left Sidebar – Middle – Right Sidebar
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2:53 pm
March 23, 2009


SpiderDog

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Is there a stylesheet modification so that the sidebars are not both on the RIGHT side, but rather one on the left and one on the right?

How is this going to affect the Top Sidebar Text?

Also, is there a modification to place both sidebars on the LEFT side?

3:27 pm
March 23, 2009


Ryan

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You'd have to do some major theme hacking to get a left sidebar.  I will probably build multiple styles into a future version of the theme, but there are so many dynamic widths being calculated that it would basically require a completely new CSS layout. I chose to go with just the right sidebar because it is the most common blog format.  But I do understand the need for more flexible layout choices.

4:31 pm
March 23, 2009


SpiderDog

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Thanks for the quick reply, Ryan. I'll be looking for that option when it's released.

Is there a way to reduce the size of the special area: Top Sidbar Box, without affecting the width of the other two sidebars below it? Basically, I'm trying to place an optin box above the two sidebars, but having it double width is too wide.

If that can't be done, I can deselect Top Sidebar, and insert optin form code into one of the sidebars.

It can be placed just below this code in, 'sidebar.php'.

<div id="sidebar-left">
    <?php if ( function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('Sidebar_right') ) : else : ?>

Side Note: It's interesting that I can't seem to find the function, 'dynamic_sidebar( )'

4:55 pm
March 23, 2009


Ryan

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Personally, I'd hard-code it into the sidebar.php above everything, then you don't have a box around it or a title.  If you just wrap the form in a div, you could style it however you wanted using inline CSS.  If you need help with that, just let me know.
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