[TUT]Simple Three Column Portal Guide

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A fairly common request is to turn the Portal into three columns. This is easy to achieve.

ACP > Look / Feel > Skin Manager > (edit skin) > Edit Template HTML > IPB Portal > Csite_Skeleton_Main

Remove all the code present in that template and replace it with this...

<script type="text/javascript" src="jscripts/ipb_topic.js"></script>
<table class='ipbtable' cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td width="20%" class="nopad" valign="top">
<!-- LEFT -->
<!--::BASIC:SITENAV::-->
<!--::gallery_show_random_image::-->
<!--::poll_show_poll::-->
<!--END LEFT-->
</td>
<!--SPACER-->
<td width="1%" class="nopad"> </td>
<td width="50%" class="nopad" valign="top">
<!--CENTRE-->
<!--::recent_topics_discussions_last_x::-->
<!--::recent_topics_last_x::-->
<!--END CENTRE-->
</td>
<!--SPACER-->
<td width="1%" class="nopad"> </td>
<td width="70%" class="nopad" valign="top">
<!-- RIGHT-->
<!--::online_users_show::-->
<!--::blogs_show_last_updated_x::-->
<!--::calendar_show_current_month::-->
<!--::BASIC:AFFILIATES::-->
<!--END RIGHT-->
</td>
</tr>
<!--End Main Content-->
</table>

Notes : This is not a be-all and end-all guide. This is to get you started

You will need to tweak things (widths possibly and move some templates around) but it should be enough to get most people started.

If you find you have two spaces or insufficient space, simply look in the appropriate template (example : if there was two spaces above the calendar , you would then look in the calendar show template and remove a <br />


I hope this proves useful anyway

Lease Reviewed by Lease on 10th Feb 2008. [TUT]Simple Three Column Portal Guide A fairly common request is to turn the Portal into three columns. This is easy to achieve. ACP > Look / Feel > Skin Manager > (edit skin) > Edit Template HTML > IPB Portal > Csite_Skeleton_Main Remove all the code present in that template and replace it with this... <script type="text/javascript" src="jscripts/ipb_topic.js"></script> <table class='ipbtable' cellspacing="0"> <tr> Rating: 5