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sidebar to left instead of the right
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:36 am
by mugs
how can i put the side bar to the left instead of the right, please help
Re: sidebar to left instead of the right
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:48 am
by KarlKoch
mugs wrote:how can i put the side bar to the left instead of the right, please help
What theme do you use?
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:52 am
by mugs
for the moment, barsinister3
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:55 am
by garvinhicking
Hi!
Hm, that theme only supports a right sidebar. You would need to edit the index.tpl HTML sidebar code or the CSS code to make that fit...
Best regards,
Garvin
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:58 am
by mugs
any idea how i could get about doing this, appreciate all the help
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:00 am
by garvinhicking
Hi!
Since barsinister3 is a very complex theme, this cannot be done easily, you'll need some HTML and CSS skills. How familiar are you with that?
I can't do that for you currently, it would take me too much time -- maybe someone other can help you more specifically here!
Best regards,
Garvin
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:03 am
by mugs
i can manage with my html and the css, thanks anyway
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:21 am
by mugs
how about on the blix theme is it easier on that to change
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:12 pm
by yellowled
garvinhicking wrote:Since barsinister3 is a very complex theme, this cannot be done easily, you'll need some HTML and CSS skills. How familiar are you with that?
Another 'problem' is that barSinister3 is 'content first', meaning that the actual content of the blog is generated first in the output code. One would definitely want to keep this.
It is, however, possible to do a 'content first' template with the sidebar to the left, but it's a little bit tricky and prone to errors in various browsers.
Just my two cents ...
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:17 pm
by mugs
i actually tried what you suggested and there were too many errors and i just gave up and switched to another theme
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:21 pm
by yellowled
Hm. You never know unless you tried ... well, I tried a little bit this afternoon, and although I expected something different, it did actually work. Well, it did in Firefox/Linux, which doesn't mean too much, but you could try this:
#content:
- change float: left; to float: right;
- change margin-right: 11px to margin-left: 11px;
#serendipitySideBar:
- change float: right; to float: left;
#barsinister:
- change text-align: left; to text-align: right;
- mirror siteNewHeader_cropped.png
I haven't tried the last step, but the other two look very promising. However, I have no idea how this looks under Windows or in IE or Opera, so I won't promise anything ...