website: www.firstfinancialx.com/index.php?option...eboard&Itemid=28

Right now the forum is contracted in the middle section. How do I make the forum to expand into other sections?

This is quite simple to do. Refer attached .gif file.

dalt wrote:
This is quite simple to do. Refer attached .gif file.

I tried to upload the file, but Bl**dy file size limitations error!!!!

It is quite simple, go into the joomla admin 'module manager'. Select one of the two modules that are appearing in the RHS Galley and change the 'Menu Assignment' so that they don't appear on the forum page. Repeat this for both modules and you will find the forum will expand naturally.

khoiey wrote:
website: www.firstfinancialx.com/index.php?option...eboard&Itemid=28

Right now the forum is contracted in the middle section. How do I make the forum to expand into other sections?

You should open module management for menus (mod_mainmenu). Then you should seting them without link to forum.

i have the same issue with a similar site.

your solution looks like an excellent one, but unfortunately it didn't work for me.

i was able to turn off the modules that appear to the right of the forum, but even though they are gone now, the forum does not naturally expand.

my site is 750px wide, but the template i'm using calls for a 558px width to allow for the modules to appear at the right.

here is the code from my css file:

#content {
float: left;
width: 558px;
border: 0px solid #c00;
padding-top: 20px;


if i change the width to 750px in the above code, it throws my whole site's layout out of whack. it makes the forum page look right, but every other page is a mess with text spilling over and pushing the modules very far down on the right side.

can you possibly offer a solution to my problem? i would really love to get the forum to expand to the 750px width of the site.

thanks for any help.

The truth? Get another template that has collapsible module positions. Meaning that if no content is in the right or left module then it collapses to allow the main content to fill the vacant space.

If you don't want to do that then you will have to re-write your template to add this functionality.

hmmm.... this is a tough call. i'll switch to a new template if i have to, but i'm happy with the current one. would the collapsible module code be something i could add? i really don't know if it's as simple as copying from a template css file that has this code in it already.... i'm not sure i could even identify it.

in any case, i'm using Rockettheme.com's Haiku Ramblings template.

http://www.rockettheme.com/Templates/Free_Templates/Haiku_Ramblings_-_Free_Joomla_Template/