Something that i noticed a while back when editing theme.html files to make changes to the layout in Xoops: The themes I downloaded from the theme repository sometimes lacked a basic fix in the theme.html (theme.php?)to prevent displaying a blank column if all left blocks are made not-visible on the admin-->blocks menu. The fix is on or about line 36 of the /themes/yourtheme/theme.html file. Insert 'if' statement at about line 38 (and then end the if at line 46) as depicted below:

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38<{if $xoops_showlblock == 1}>
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46<{/if}>
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40 41<{foreach item=block from=$xoops_lblocks}> 42<{include file="default/theme_blockleft.html"}> 43<{/foreach}> 44 45

The odds that someone will actually use the admin menu to create this apparently abnormal situation are not high, but then if you look at it... it means that template edit/creation modules for XOOPS are able to create a theme template (by actually writing the theme.html file after editing it) on a case by case basis from user input... a good one could even move the blocks around to any page position and size. Add a few color frills like itsy bitsy border graphics and control of the .css file... An admin theme editor/creation tool? Now that would be cool. Looks like the power of oop showing through. Anyone have any suggestions on how to get one started? P:S: How does this text look? On the preview it seemed the format was a little off re: the line numbered code text. PPS: The actual submission looked fine. Reply Register Add Poll Login Username Password Remember me Reset Register now!  |  Lost Password? Search Advanced Search Recent Posts Re: XOOPS MyMenus 1.54.0 Beta 10 5/18 0:28 Paulsen97 Re: Stien: System 12:: Timing Bells Just Pushed + Includes XOOPS Objectivity in the Manette.txt 5/15 19:56 wishcraft Re: pm.php isn't working so i have to make it a public forum message attn: mamba 5/15 19:52 wishcraft Stien: System 12:: Timing Bells Just Pushed + Includes XOOPS Objectivity in the Manette.txt 5/15 18:07 wishcraft XOOPS needs help with Core translations 4/28 5:20 Mamba XOOPS 2.5.12 Beta-7 available for Testing 4/28 4:20 Mamba XOOPS 2.7 roadmap in 4 phases 4/25 0:57 alain01 Access Control; Opening your XOOPS Site to all networks apart from Internet (Networking Plug-n-Play) 4/22 11:08 wishcraft Two news on Richard Griffith and Nicolas Andricq 4/10 23:01 alain01 Re: Today is a great day 4/10 0:05 black_beard Who's Online 193 user(s) are online (134 user(s) are browsing Support Forums) Members: 0 Guests: 193 more... Donat-O-Meter Stats Goal: AU$15.00 Due Date: May 31 Gross Amount: AU$0.00 Net Balance: AU$0.00 Left to go: AU$15.00 Latest GitHub Commits {{ record.sha.slice(0, 7) }} - {{ record.commit.message | truncate }} {{ record.commit.author.name }} {{ record.commit.author.date | formatDate }}