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Hi,
I asked all in the title, how do I get rid of the sidebar and get a full width forum ?
I am sure someone here must have done it before and guess it is not a very difficult procedure once known ?
I used the search function but couldnt find any information about it.
Thanks
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Answered in the other thread. If your theme doesnlt have a full page template - by the way - it is relatively easy to make one and we can point you to a tutorial.
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Yes please, a tutorial would be interesting 
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This WP Codex article covers what it means. basically you would need to make a copy of your page.php template - remove the call to display the sidebar - and add the special header as detailed in the article:
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In my below post I used code and information from:
http://www.expand2web.com/blog.....-sidebars/
I found this code to make a no sidebar template:
<?php
/*
Template Name: No Sidebar
*/
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<div style="width:850px !important;">
<?php the_content('
Read the rest of this page »</p>'); ?> <?php edit_post_link('Edit this entry.', '<p>', '</p>'); ?> <?php endwhile; else: ?> <p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p> <?php endif; ?> </div> </div> <?php get_footer(); ?>
That made it almost perfect except that the forum wasnt centered on the page.
I thought I should add:
<DIV ALIGN=CENTER> at the top and </DIV> at the end.
I thought I made it when I found out that:
1. the top navigaion menu was completely gone
2. ALL the text in the forum was centered ( forum topics, the texts in posts....)
3. The text resizer (AAA) was black against my grey background, above outside the forum "wrapper/body"
4. It looked weird in Explorer.
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well, dont add the div align=center... that will cause everything to get aligned center... if you want to just center the content, add it to the save div as the width you did...
for the top navigation, you will need to find out how your theme does it... look at page.php of your theme (if it has one)...
when creating a custom page template, I find it easier to start by copying page.php (or whateve the default page template is in your theme) and then removing/adding what I want...
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Aha, I got it. Thats what I will do ofcourse. Copy the default template, rename it and find the sidebar in codeform.
I dont really know what the heck I am doing though. Its just a puzzle for me. Thanks for your answer.
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Give it a shot and come on back if you have issues....
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