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Weird behaviour of the post area
Mar 19, 2010
10:36 am
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Hi,

 

And thank you in advance for your support.

I am quite a newbie to SimplePress and WordPress.

I was trying to implement a SPforum within a WP template, everything looked fine.

However when I want to read a post, the post area seems not to be wide enough to show the entire text. And when I want to edit/reply, the edit area is too wide as well (although an horizontal scrollbar shows up).

(Since I am working locally, I won't be able to provide you with a link, but I can send screen captures.)

I have changed the WP template at several occasions,even trying a on column template, still too wide.

Crawling this forum, I have removed the caption in the various menus and checked the box "Forum Float Clear"

Any other suggestions ?

Again many thanks in advance.

LEONWEB

Mar 19, 2010
8:13 pm

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its because you have not given the forum just width… forums are not meant for narrow spaces as they contain large amounts of information… you have a couple of options…

o remove sidebars to give the forum adequate room (see our wiki on how to create a custom page template)
o change editors to html, bbcode or plain texarea… of course, you lose the nice tinymce buttons too
o remove some unused tinymce buttons on forum – components – editor toolbar

as always a link is useful for looking at issues on your site…

Mar 22, 2010
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Thank you very much for your answer.

I suspect what was going on. In order to test the message area, I pressed a key and maintained it pressed until the hor nav bar appears. Then I posted the message.

When I changed the width of my forum, I believe recorded posts kept their "wide width shape".

Once I deleted them, it came back to normal.

Everything is fine now.

Thanks again, your message helped me anyway..
Best regards.

Mar 22, 2010
11:03 am

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Ah – you mean you created a ine with no spaces wider than the window. I think.

HTML needs a space to wrap lines at. it can be a real pain sometimes.

Yellow Swordfish
Mar 22, 2010
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You think right !

Something I will bear in mind, believe me !

Cheers.

Mar 22, 2010
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np. wish there was an easy way to trim it ourselves – short of a character count that would not be consistent from install to install…

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