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Nick_James
Modify xetagensis in left block for modules

On my site, (ladads.info), I am using the xetagenesis them.

On the left block, a couple of the blocks are too large.

The Themes block and a custom block using a Google translate gadget.

What CSS code do I need to modify to get these blocks to fit within the space available?


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kris_fr
Re: Modify xetagensis in left block for modules
  • 2010/4/30 7:08

  • kris_fr

  • Theme Designer

  • Posts: 1009

  • Since: 2005/12/31


hi,

in layout-soup.css, modifiy this line
#xo-canvas-leftcolumn {
    
width:                  170px;
}

and in block.css
#xo-canvas-leftcolumn .xo-block {
    
margin-right:           11px;
    
margin-bottom:          10px;
    
background:             url(../img/bg-left_block.pngno-repeat left top;
    
padding-top:            4px;
    
width:                  170px;
}


@+

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Nick_James
Re: Modify xetagensis in left block for modules

Thanks, I will give that a try.

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Nick_James
Re: Modify xetagensis in left block for modules

No, that doesn't do it. Let me try be a bit more detailed.

I have a custom block for Google translate. It contains the text:




With 7Dana-clean_v3, it is shrunk down and fits within the left column.

Same with imago-02_v2; imago-08_v2; ipb_blue_2; natural_3;
sd-056-green-autumn; xdt_standard_v1;


The other block that sticks out is the THEMES block. That is another graphic block.

The text blocks all work properly. They wrap the text already.

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kris_fr
Re: Modify xetagensis in left block for modules
  • 2010/5/1 3:34

  • kris_fr

  • Theme Designer

  • Posts: 1009

  • Since: 2005/12/31


/* ===== left columns ===== */
#xo-canvas-leftcolumn .xo-block {
    
margin-right:           11px;
    
margin-bottom:          10px;
    
background:             url(../img/bg-left_block.pngno-repeat left top;
    
padding-top:            4px;
    
width:                  210px/* add by kris */
}

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Nick_James
Re: Modify xetagensis in left block for modules

Oh, duh. I see now.

I also have to enlarge the graphics in the background.

Such as bg-left_blockcontent.gif.

If I make that 207 pixels wide, it looks good.


Now why is bg-left_blocktitle.png not working. I made it 207 pixels wide, but the titles are staying the same width. I must have them fixed somewhere...
Nicholas James
President - LaDads
http://www.ladads.info

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Nick_James
Re: Modify xetagensis in left block for modules

Oh, it helps if you edit the right file.

I was changing the file in another theme.


So here is where I was going astray.

I had found the css files and changed the width, but that didn't seem to be working right, because then the text overlapped the boxes for the text and it looked really bad.

What I needed to know was that I also had to change the three graphics files by enlarging them from 159 pixels to 207 pixels so that the backrground was appropriately placed.

There were three graphics.
- one on top of the boxes for dimensioning effect.
- one for the titles
- and one for the content of the blocks.


Thank you so very much for helping me figure it out.


Now there also must be a means of shrinking those two boxes down, cause some of those other formats only use 160 pixels, but the 2 modules fit into the space just fine.

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