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Glenn Campbell
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Oct 30, 2012 - 10:12 am

I used the default theme but my forum looks scrappy compared to simple-press.  Why does mine not look similar to yours? 

http://www.bowhuntersofalabama.org

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Yellow Swordfish
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Oct 30, 2012 - 10:18 am

The main thing I see there is that it is not getting much width. Wouldn't it be better to use a WP page template that can stretch it all the way across into that empty space for starters?

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Glenn Campbell
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Oct 30, 2012 - 10:48 am

The blank area is because i turned off the side bar items for that page.  i can't figure out how to get simple-press to utilize the empty space....apparently the side bar is still there so i have to figure out how to turn it off for just that page alone....more research

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Yellow Swordfish
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Oct 30, 2012 - 12:30 pm

Most decent Wp themes will have a fill-width page template or other options. That's the best place to start looking.

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Glenn Campbell
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Nov 1, 2012 - 7:07 pm

Since i have my widgets turned off for the page I have the SP forum on there, can I adjust the size of the forum template? if so where and what lne?

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Mr Papa
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Nov 1, 2012 - 7:58 pm

the width of the forum is determined by your wp theme... we just use the space they give us... so you need a full width template from your wp theme...

do you know if it has one? check by editing the wp page the forum is on and see if you can change the page template...

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Glenn Campbell
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Nov 2, 2012 - 10:38 am

Ok papa, got all of those things fixed.

one more question: below the search box in the top left-hand corner of simple-press site is the page tier.  urs is in a gray single like arrow box and mine is a tiered down line drop.  mine creates empty space and i like your better...how can i set mine like yours?

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Brandon
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Nov 2, 2012 - 12:13 pm

The breadcrumbs you are talking about here have been custom made using special code in the theme along with special CSS settings.

You can adjust how the breadcrumbs look without creating special functions though. Take a look at the codex entry. It as several examples of changing them from showing as dropping down to inline and changing the icon or text.

http://codex.simple-press.com/.....eadcrumbs/

You should create your own theme before you start making any changes. See Creating a Theme .

While on your bow hunter site I noticed the dropdown arrows in the quicklinks (New/Recent topics & Select Forum) are not displaying properly and are set in a fixed position.

There is an issue with your WordPress theme overridding the Simple:Press arrows. To fix that there will need to be some added CSS changes to your Simple:Press theme. So it might be a good idea to create a custom one now to address both of these.

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