Hiding blocks on left side leaves a small space on left side

New Member Joined: Nov 22, 2012 Posts: 6

I was able to get rid of the entire left side blocks when opening certain modules but it leaves a thin space (like padding) on the left side of my theme. I thought at first I can fix it by increasing the module width but it will also increase the width on the right side of the theme. How can I fix this?

Im using the latest version of RN v2.51 with Anagram theme.

I placed the modification below on theme.php file...

Code:

$public_msg = public_message();


   echo $public_msg.'<br />';


   echo '<!-- Begin Main Content -->'


      .'<table width="900" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center"><tr valign="top">'


      .'<td style="background-image:url(themes/Anagram/images/column-bg.gif);">';


      


   // Modification to hide left blocks in Modules 


    if (defined('HIDELEFT')){ 


    /* Don't display it. */ 


    } else { 


    blocks('left'); 


    }





   echo '</td>'


      .'<td><img src="themes/Anagram/images/pixel.gif" width="1" style="height:1px;" border="0" alt="" /></td>'


      .'<td><img src="themes/Anagram/images/pixel.gif" width="5" style="height:1px;" border="0" alt="" /></td>'


      .'<td width="100%">';


}

Also placed the code below on modules I'm hiding...

Code:

define('HIDELEFT', true);

Site Admin Joined: Aug 22, 2007 Posts: 1772

Hard to tell without to see the rest of the code. I wouldn't touch the modules to hide the left blocks. You can do it directly in the theme. In the RickTido theme of the RN251-package you will find a simple solution for this.

Is it the Anagram theme of the deprecated themes in the RN251 package? If yes, then ....

open theme.php and find:

php Code:

// END: Added in v2.40.00 - Mantis Issue 0001043

add after:

php Code:

$hide_blocks_left = array('Forums');


global $name;


if (!isset($name)) $name = '';

find in function themeheader():

php Code:

global $user, $banners, $sitename, $slogan, $cookie, $prefix, $anonymous, $db, $nukeNAV;

replace it with:

php Code:

global $user, $banners, $sitename, $slogan, $cookie, $prefix, $anonymous, $db, $nukeNAV, $name, $hide_blocks_left;

find this:

php Code:

	$public_msg = public_message();


	echo $public_msg.'<br />';


	echo '<!-- Begin Main Content -->'


		.'<table width="900" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center"><tr valign="top">'


		.'<td style="background-image:url(themes/Anagram/images/column-bg.gif);">';


	blocks('left');


	echo '</td>'


		.'<td><img src="themes/Anagram/images/pixel.gif" width="1" style="height:1px;" border="0" alt="" /></td>'


		.'<td><img src="themes/Anagram/images/pixel.gif" width="5" style="height:1px;" border="0" alt="" /></td>'


		.'<td width="100%">';


}

replace it with:

php Code:

	$public_msg = public_message();


	echo $public_msg.'<br />';


	echo '<!-- Begin Main Content -->'


		.'<table width="900" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center"><tr valign="top">';


	if (!in_array($name, $hide_blocks_left)) {


		echo '<td style="background-image:url(themes/Anagram/images/column-bg.gif);">';


		blocks('left');


		echo '</td>'


			.'<td><img src="themes/Anagram/images/pixel.gif" width="1" style="height:1px;" border="0" alt="" /></td>'


			.'<td><img src="themes/Anagram/images/pixel.gif" width="5" style="height:1px;" border="0" alt="" /></td>';


	}


	echo '<td width="100%">';


}

After that you can add now the names of all affected modules-folders to the array $hide_blocks_left on top of the theme.php without to modify each module:

php Code:

$hide_blocks_left = array('Forums', 'Your_Account', 'Members_List', 'Private_Messages');

But if you want stay on your solution with the HIDELEFT definition, then it should be like this:

php Code:

	$public_msg = public_message();


	echo $public_msg.'<br />';


	echo '<!-- Begin Main Content -->'


		.'<table width="900" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center"><tr valign="top">';


	if (!defined('HIDELEFT')) {


		echo '<td style="background-image:url(themes/Anagram/images/column-bg.gif);">';


		blocks('left');


		echo '</td>'


			.'<td><img src="themes/Anagram/images/pixel.gif" width="1" style="height:1px;" border="0" alt="" /></td>'


			.'<td><img src="themes/Anagram/images/pixel.gif" width="5" style="height:1px;" border="0" alt="" /></td>';


	}


	echo '<td width="100%">';


}

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 8:49 am

Yes, I'm using the deprecated Anagram theme that comes with the RN251.

Anyway, I followed your suggestion in hiding blocks hence it's easier than editing individual modules & it works perfectly. It also solved the thin space on side problem I'm trying to fix.

Thanks a lot. Very Happy