changing column width

hi ronnie
i still have the downloads – assuming that you haven’t changed anything important, i’ll work with them.
so start with modifying index.php:

the first few lines should look like:

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div class="contentLayout">

<div class="sidebar1">
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar1.php'); ?>
</div>

<div class="content">

the last few lines:

if(function_exists('get_search_form')) get_search_form();
<?php endif; ?>

</div>
<div class="sidebar2">
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar2.php'); ?>
</div>

</div>
<div class="cleared"></div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

as you can see, only the div with sidebar1 got moved to the beginning of the file.

if you have done other modifications, try and reverse them.
there should only be one sidebar1.
no changes to style.css necessary.

as far as i can see, archive.php would require exactly the same treatment as index.php.

same for single.php, if you want the sidebars left and right from the content.
edit: and for search.php, also.

comments page – do you mean contact ?
i’ll have a look at it later today.

if you want the contact page not to have the video sidebar, (i would suggest to keep the left sidebar)
you could make following adjustment to page.php:

(make a backup copy of the working page.php first)

that is the code at the top, with a conditional statement that adds the sidebar only on pages other than ‘contact’:

<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class="contentLayout">

<?php if(!is_page('contact')) : ?>
<div class="sidebar1">
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar1.php'); ?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>

<div class="content" <?php if(is_page('contact')) { echo ' style="width:743px;margin-right:10px;"' ; } ; ?>>

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

you can see how it fits in instead of the existing code.

and at the end of style.css – add this line:
.your-message textarea {width:98%;}

see if the result looks like you imagined,
good luck 😉

hi ronnie,

great you got your blog sorted.
that child category is not my speciality, so maybe it’s the best if your start a new thread with a matching title.

good luck 😉

Hi guys. I’m having a similar problem as Ronnie. This is the site I’m working on:

http://www.chasesportscomplex.com/home/

I really want to put the sidebar1 on the left. Here is the code for my index.php

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div class="contentLayout">

<div class="sidebar1">
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar1.php'); ?>
</div>

<div class="content">

<?php
$prev_link = get_previous_posts_link(__('Newer Entries &raquo;', 'kubrick'));
$next_link = get_next_posts_link(__('&laquo; Older Entries', 'kubrick'));
?>

<?php if ($prev_link || $next_link): ?>
<div class="Post">
    <div class="Post-body">
<div class="Post-inner article">

<div class="PostContent">

<div class="navigation">
			<div class="alignleft"><?php echo $next_link; ?></div>
			<div class="alignright"><?php echo $prev_link; ?></div>
</div>

</div>
<div class="cleared"></div>

</div>

    </div>
</div>

<?php endif; ?>

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="Post">
    <div class="Post-body">
<div class="Post-inner article">
<?php ob_start(); ?>
<h2 class="PostHeaderIcon-wrapper">
  <img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/PostHeaderIcon.png" width="20" height="20" alt="PostHeaderIcon" />
<span class="PostHeader"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php printf(__('Permanent Link to %s', 'kubrick'), the_title_attribute('echo=0')); ?>">
<?php the_title(); ?>
</a></span>
</h2>
<?php $metadataContent = ob_get_clean(); ?>
<?php if (trim($metadataContent) != ''): ?>
<div class="PostMetadataHeader">
<?php echo $metadataContent; ?>

</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php $icons = array(); ?>
<?php if (!is_page()) : ?>
<?php ob_start(); ?>
<?php the_time(__('F jS, Y', 'kubrick')) ?>
<?php $icons[] = ob_get_clean(); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if (!is_page()) : ?>
<?php ob_start(); ?>
<img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/PostAuthorIcon.png" width="14" height="14" alt="PostAuthorIcon" />
<?php _e('Author', 'kubrick'); ?>: <a href="#" title="<?php _e('Author', 'kubrick'); ?>"><?php the_author() ?></a>
<?php $icons[] = ob_get_clean(); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if (current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post->ID )) : ?><?php ob_start(); ?>
<img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/PostEditIcon.png" width="14" height="14" alt="PostEditIcon" />
<?php edit_post_link(__('Edit', 'kubrick'), ''); ?>
<?php $icons[] = ob_get_clean(); ?><?php endif; ?>
<?php if (0 != count($icons)): ?>
<div class="PostHeaderIcons metadata-icons">
<?php echo implode(' | ', $icons); ?>

</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<div class="PostContent">
<?php if (is_search()) the_excerpt(); else the_content(__('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;', 'kubrick')); ?>

</div>
<div class="cleared"></div>
<?php $icons = array(); ?>
<?php if (!is_page()) : ?>
<?php ob_start(); ?>
<img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/PostCategoryIcon.png" width="14" height="14" alt="PostCategoryIcon" />
<?php printf(__('Posted in %s', 'kubrick'), get_the_category_list(', ')); ?>
<?php $icons[] = ob_get_clean(); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if (!is_page() && get_the_tags()) : ?><?php ob_start(); ?>
<img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/PostTagIcon.png" width="18" height="18" alt="PostTagIcon" />
<?php the_tags(__('Tags:', 'kubrick') . ' ', ', ', ' '); ?>
<?php $icons[] = ob_get_clean(); ?><?php endif; ?>
<?php if (!is_page() && !is_single()) : ?><?php ob_start(); ?>
<?php comments_popup_link(__('No Comments »', 'kubrick'), __('1 Comment »', 'kubrick'), __('% Comments »', 'kubrick'), '', __('Comments Closed', 'kubrick') ); ?>
<?php $icons[] = ob_get_clean(); ?><?php endif; ?>
<?php if (0 != count($icons)): ?>
<div class="PostFooterIcons metadata-icons">
<?php echo implode(' | ', $icons); ?>

</div>
<?php endif; ?>

</div>

    </div>
</div>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php if ($prev_link || $next_link): ?>
<div class="Post">
    <div class="Post-body">
<div class="Post-inner article">

<div class="PostContent">

<div class="navigation">
			<div class="alignleft"><?php echo $next_link; ?></div>
			<div class="alignright"><?php echo $prev_link; ?></div>
</div>

</div>
<div class="cleared"></div>

</div>

    </div>
</div>

<?php endif; ?>

<?php else : ?>
<h2 class="center"><?php _e('Not Found', 'kubrick'); ?></h2>
<p class="center"><?php _e('Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here.', 'kubrick'); ?></p>
if(function_exists('get_search_form')) get_search_form();
<?php endif; ?>

</div>
<div class="sidebar2">
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar2.php'); ?>
</div>

</div>
<div class="cleared"></div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

Thanks