Hi,

I've modified a theme and I have a small problem which I just can't find how to fix. Users comments are aligning to the left - the whole comment block not the text and they aren't full screen unless in 800 x 600, I can't find how to change it anywhere and it's driving me nuts
I've been going through the style sheet for days and the comments template. But I can't fix it.

This is the style sheet:

body {
color: #2079BB;
background: #D0E6F4;
margin: 5;
padding: 0;
font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color: #666666;
}

table.main{
background-color: #FFFFFF;
padding: 0px;
border-left: 1px solid #1A5E91;
border-right: 1px solid #1A5E91;
}
td.header{
background: #4E57B2;
height: 134;
padding: 0px;
}
td.subHLinks{
height: 20px;
text-align: right;
color: #FFFFFF;
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
padding: 1px;
font-weight: normal;
vertical-align: middle;
}
td.banner{
background-color: #4E57B2;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
}
td.search{
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
text-align: right;
vertical-align: middle;
height: 20px;
padding: 2px;
padding-right: 10px;
}
td.copy{
background: #8694D6;
height: 17px;
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
color: #FFFFFF;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
}
input{
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
border: 1px solid #2079BB;
color: #2079BB;
padding-left: 2px;
padding-right: 2px;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
td.left{
width: 150px;
padding-left: 8px;
padding-right: 8px;
}
.blockTitle{
font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #DD6900;
padding-bottom: 1px;
border-bottom: 2px solid #5FA6E4;
text-transform: uppercase;
text-align: left;

}
.blockContent{
font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: normal;
color: #666666;
padding: 0px;
text-align: left;
}
.content{
padding: 8px;
text-align: left;
}
td.menuEven{
background-color: #F2F6FB;
font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: bold;
border-bottom: 1px dashed #3A9ECF;
height: 20px;
padding: 0px;
padding-left: 4px;
}
td.menuOdd{
border-bottom: 1px dashed #3A9ECF;
background-color: #EEF7FF;
font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: bold;
height: 20px;
padding: 0px;
padding-left: 4px;
}
.submenu{
padding: 0px;
height: 16px;
padding-left: 4px;
}

a {color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; background-color: transparent;}
a:hover {
color: #DD6900;
text-decoration: underline;
}

h1 {}
h2 {}
h3 {}
h4 {}
h5 {}
ul { margin: 2px; padding: 2px; list-style: decimal inside; text-align: left;}
li { margin-left: 2px; list-style: square inside; color: #559ED1;}

input.formButton {}

.item {border: 0px;}
.itemHead {padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #2079BB; border-bottom: 2px solid #DD6900;}
.itemInfo {text-align: right; padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF;}
.itemTitle a {font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold; font-variant: small-caps; color: #2079BB; background-color: transparent;}
.itemPoster {font-size: 90%; font-style:italic;}
.itemPostDate {font-size: 90%; font-style:italic;}
.itemStats {font-size: 90%; font-style:italic;}
.itemBody {padding-left: 5px;}
.itemText {margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; line-height: 1.5em;}
.itemText:first-letter {font-size: 133%; font-weight: bold;}
.itemFoot {text-align: right; padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-top: 1px dashed #6495ED; }
.itemAdminLink {font-size: 90%;}
.itemPermaLink {font-size: 90%;}

th {
background-color: #FFFFFF;
color: Silver;
padding : 2px;
vertical-align : middle;
font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: bold;
text-transform: uppercase;
border-bottom: 1px dashed #1E90FF;
}

.outer {border: 0px;}
.head {background-color: #FFFFFF; padding: 5px; font-weight: bold; color: #2079BB; border-bottom: 1px dashed #D3D3D3;}
.even {background-color: #D0E9FF; padding: 5px;}
.odd {background-color: #E8F4FF; padding: 5px;}
.foot {background-color: #FFFFFF; padding: 5px; font-weight: bold; border-top: 1px solid #DCDCDC; }
tr.even td {background-color: #D0E9FF; padding: 5px;}
tr.odd td {background-color: #E8F4FF; padding: 5px;}

div.errorMsg { background-color: #FFCCCC; text-align: center; border-top: 1px solid #DDDDFF; border-left: 1px solid #DDDDFF; border-right: 1px solid #AAAAAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA; font-weight: bold; padding: 10px;}
div.confirmMsg { background-color: #DDFFDF; color: #136C99; text-align: center; border-top: 1px solid #DDDDFF; border-left: 1px solid #DDDDFF; border-right: 1px solid #AAAAAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA; font-weight: bold; padding: 10px;}
div.resultMsg { background-color : #CCCCCC; color: #333333; text-align: center; border-top: 1px solid silver; border-left: 1px solid silver; font-weight: bold; border-right: 1px solid #666666; border-bottom: 1px solid #666666; padding: 10px;}

div.xoopsCode { background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px inset #000080; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; padding: 0px 6px 6px 6px;}
div.xoopsQuote { background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px inset #000080; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; padding: 0px 6px 6px 6px;}


.comTitle {font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 2px;}
.comText {padding: 2px;}
.comUserStat {font-size: 10px; color: #2F5376; font-weight:bold; border: 1px solid silver; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 2px; padding: 2px;}
.comUserStatCaption {font-weight: normal;}
.comUserStatus {margin-left: 2px; margin-top: 10px; color: #2F5376; font-weight:bold; font-size: 10px;}
.comUserRank {margin: 2px;}
.comUserRankText {font-size: 10px;font-weight:bold;}
.comUserRankImg {border: 0;}
.comUserName {}
.comUserImg {margin: 2px;}
.comDate {font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; font-size: smaller}
.comDateCaption {font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;}

and this is the system_comment.html template:

<!-- start comment post -->
<tr>
<td class="head"><a id="comment<{$comment.id}>"></a> <{$comment.poster.uname}></td>
<td class="head"><div class="comDate"><span class="comDateCaption"><{$lang_posted}>:</span> <{$comment.date_posted}>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="comDateCaption"><{$lang_updated}>:</span> <{$comment.date_modified}></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>

<{if $comment.poster.id != 0}>

<td class="odd"><div class="comUserRank"><div class="comUserRankText"><{$comment.poster.rank_title}></div><img class="comUserRankImg" src="<{$xoops_upload_url}>/<{$comment.poster.rank_image}>" alt="" /></div><img class="comUserImg" src="<{$xoops_upload_url}>/<{$comment.poster.avatar}>" alt="" /><div class="comUserStat"><span class="comUserStatCaption"><{$lang_joined}>:</span> <{$comment.poster.regdate}></div><div class="comUserStat"><span class="comUserStatCaption"><{$lang_from}>:</span> <{$comment.poster.from}></div><div class="comUserStat"><span class="comUserStatCaption"><{$lang_posts}>:</span> <{$comment.poster.postnum}></div><div class="comUserStatus"><{$comment.poster.status}></div></td>

<{else}>

<td class="odd"> </td>

<{/if}>

<td class="odd">
<div class="comTitle"><{$comment.image}><{$comment.title}></div><div class="comText"><{$comment.text}></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="even"></td>

<{if $xoops_iscommentadmin == true}>

<td class="even" align="right">
<a href="<{$editcomment_link}>&com_id=<{$comment.id}>"><img src="<{$xoops_url}>/images/icons/edit.gif" alt="<{$lang_edit}>" /></a><a href="<{$deletecomment_link}>&com_id=<{$comment.id}>"><img src="<{$xoops_url}>/images/icons/delete.gif" alt="<{$lang_delete}>" /></a><a href="<{$replycomment_link}>&com_id=<{$comment.id}>"><img src="<{$xoops_url}>/images/icons/reply.gif" alt="<{$lang_reply}>" /></a>
</td>

<{elseif $xoops_isuser == true && $xoops_userid == $comment.poster.id}>

<td class="even" align="right">
<a href="<{$editcomment_link}>&com_id=<{$comment.id}>"><img src="<{$xoops_url}>/images/icons/edit.gif" alt="<{$lang_edit}>" /></a><a href="<{$replycomment_link}>&com_id=<{$comment.id}>"><img src="<{$xoops_url}>/images/icons/reply.gif" alt="<{$lang_reply}>" /></a>
</td>

<{elseif $xoops_isuser == true || $anon_canpost == true}>

<td class="even" align="right">
<a href="<{$replycomment_link}>&com_id=<{$comment.id}>"><img src="<{$xoops_url}>/images/icons/reply.gif" alt="<{$lang_reply}>" /></a>
</td>

<{else}>

<td class="even"> </td>

<{/if}>

</tr>
<!-- end comment post -->

Having read a bit more I think it's the theme.html
I've managed to get the comments in the center of the page by adding the <div align="center"> but can' get the width 100% - anyone know what I need to add/modify to do this? This is the bit in the theme - "content"


</td>
<td valign="top" class="content" width="100%"><div align="center">
<{$xoops_contents}><br><br></div>
<{if $xoops_showcblock == 1}>
<{foreach item=block from=$xoops_ccblocks}>
<{include file="rmdigital/theme_blockcenter_c.html"}><br>
<{/foreach}>
<{/if}><br />
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">
<tr>
<td id="centerLcolumn" valign="top" width="100%">
<!-- Start center-left blocks loop -->
<{foreach item=block from=$xoops_clblocks}> <{include file="rmdigital/theme_blockcenter_l.html"}> <{/foreach}>
<!-- End center-left blocks loop -->
</td>

i'm having the same problem. its driving me crazy. anyone know a solution to this?

i noticed that when the comments are short (1 line or so), it doesn't display the table at 100% width. but if the comments are longer and take up a few lines, it stretches the table all the way across. is there any way around this?

I am not completely sure if this will work but in the centre column you could add a spacer (1x1 pixel transparent image) and make its width 100 percent, this should cause the column to be always 100 percent no matter how long the comments are.

I always put a spacer in so that Macs dont chuck a hissy fit either.

Good Luck

To get your comments box to stretch full-width, try adding the following to your stylesheet.



Hope this helps.

James

i have this in my stylesheet


but it appears that nested comments do not break to a new line so they are staggered. have a look here

in IE the comments are a jumbled mess, but in firefox they look perfect.

Try the following...

In style.css replace:


With:


Hope this helps.

James

its still jumbled in IE. anything else you can think of?
thanks for the suggestions.