Width and Length! lol

[Carerra]

Hi all, this is my site http://louis-amore.smugmug.com/ and this is one I like http://www.edzeltserphoto.com/


Is there anyway I can get my site (front page) to be as wide and shortened like his?


regards


Louis

[Carerra]

Hi all, this is my site http://louis-amore.smugmug.com/ and this is one I like http://www.edzeltserphoto.com/


Is there anyway I can get my site (front page) to be as wide and shortened like his?


regards


Louis


anyone know if it is possible?

[denisegoldberg]

Is there anyway I can get my site (front page) to be as wide and shortened like his?
While the portfolio portion of Edward Zeltser's site is in smug, his front page is not.

You have chosen a theme that is limited in width. You could stretch the bioBox, but that won't stretch the theme.

--- Denise

[Carerra]

While the portfolio portion of Edward Zeltser's site is in smug, his front page is not.

You have chosen a theme that is limited in width. You could stretch the bioBox, but that won't stretch the theme.

--- Denise

Thank you for the reply, is there another theme will stretch?

[Carerra]

Thank you for the reply, is there another theme will stretch?


Basically I'm trying to get the front page to look nothing like a classic smug mug account and made to look like my own built web page.

[denisegoldberg]

Basically I'm trying to get the front page to look nothing like a classic smug mug account and made to look like my own built web page.
Sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned the word stretch with the theme.

The smug home page is not unlimited in width. Yes, you can use CSS override the width of the bio box - but you will also need to choose a homepage design that works with your selected width. And shorter? Your theme design stretches to the height of the window.

You have chosen a theme that has a particular width graphic on it. Go experiment with the themes until you find one with a look that you like. Or design your own look instead of choosing one of the available themes.

I find it interesting that you refer to your "own built web page", but the navbar you are using looks like a direct copy of the site you referenced in your first post - and that's a pretty distinctive look. Sorry, maybe that's a bit blunt, but that was my initial impression. What look is it that you are trying to achieve?

--- Denise

[Carerra]

Sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned the word stretch with the theme.

The smug home page is not unlimited in width. Yes, you can use CSS override the width of the bio box - but you will also need to choose a homepage design that works with your selected width. And shorter? Your theme design stretches to the height of the window.

You have chosen a theme that has a particular width graphic on it. Go experiment with the themes until you find one with a look that you like. Or design your own look instead of choosing one of the available themes.

I find it interesting that you refer to your "own built web page", but the navbar you are using looks like a direct copy of the site you referenced in your first post. Sorry, maybe that's a bit blunt, but that was my initial impression. What look is it that you are trying to achieve?

--- Denise


Hello thanks for the info I am a newbie at this, I don't want to copy anyone at all, But I had no choice in using the nav bar as I liked it and cant code my own, I wouldn't even know where to start with putting the code in, designing inst the problem, all I wanted is to follow some basics from that site, All I like is a wide site , that lets me put a landscape photo in the middle of the page, with the navbar above and maybe a logo of mine, and his site had the basics of what I liked, If I knew honestly how to change everything, I would not have anything looking like http://www.edzeltserphoto.com/ but its a base for me to work off, Could you tell me how to stretch the front page? I don't mind if I lose the middle picture, I will redesign another one?

thanks for your help, :clap

[denisegoldberg]

Could you tell me how to stretch the front page? I don't mind if I lose the middle picture, I will redesign another one?
You should be able to stretch it with this code, although I don't see any changes on your site when I apply it along with changing the size for your homepage image:
#homepage,
#bioBox {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 1000px;
}
You could then change the image size that you are using for your homepage image. Of course, you may just need to enable larger sizes in your gallery; I have no idea what size image you are allowing in the gallery where your homepage photo lives. Info on custom sizes is at http://www.smugmug.com/help/custom-photo-sizes.

I suspect that may be because you don't appear to have stretchy enabled on you control panel - although I may be wrong about that. Thing is, when I look at your CSS the tabs are explicitly labeled <name>-nostretch.css.

Again, as I mentioned before, if you want a wider homepage without the vertical lines that you currently see, you will need to use a different theme, or no theme at all.

--- Denise