The theme actually already does that if there is room for all the buttons on one line. If the width of the forum is to narrow for all the buttons and the drop downs to be shown inline then they start stacking on top of each other.

A great way to see that is to look right here and resize your bowser. You will see the buttons start stacking as you go smaller.

In your case you would either need to make the forum width wider or the buttons smaller. This is mostly done via CSS.

You also have to take into account what buttons normal users see. For instance if they can’t “watch” a topic then the button doesn’t even get displayed.  So as an Admin you may see something different than a regular member.

On the drop downs you can turn off displaying one or the other or both. Depending on your layout and if you show that info elsewhere (sidebar or footer) you may not need both and can eliminate one.

here is a user info section I used on a site that had a very narrow content section like yours… see if it works for you or you can tweak it… if needed, we do offer a custom theme service for detailed tweaks…

    sp_SectionStart(‘tagClass=spPlainSection’, ‘userInfo’);
        sp_UserAvatar(‘tagClass=spImg spLeft’);

        sp_SectionStart(‘tagClass=spPlainSection’);
            sp_LoggedInOutLabel(‘tagClass=spLabelSmall spLeft’, __sp(‘Logged in as<br /><b>%USERNAME%</b>’), __sp(‘Please consider registering<br /><b>guest</b>’), __sp(‘Welcome back <b>%USERNAME%</b><br />Please log in to post’));
            echo ‘<br />’;
            sp_LastVisitLabel(‘tagClass=spLabelSmall spLeft’, __sp(‘Last visited %LASTVISIT%’));
            echo ‘<div style=”margin-top:-25px; float: right; display: inline-block”>’;
            sp_LogInOutButton(‘tagClass=spButton spRight’, __sp(‘Log In’), __sp(‘Log Out’), __sp(‘Log in and log out’));
            sp_RegisterButton(‘tagClass=spButton spRight’, __sp(‘Register’), __sp(‘Register’));
            sp_ProfileEditButton(‘tagClass=spButton spRight’, __sp(‘Profile’), __sp(‘Edit your profile’));
            sp_MemberButton(‘tagClass=spButton spRight’, __sp(‘Members’), __sp(‘View the members list’));
            sp_InsertBreak();
            if (function_exists(‘sp_PmInboxButton’)) sp_PmInboxButton(‘tagClass=spButton spRight’, __sp(‘Inbox:’), __sp(‘Go to PM inbox’));
            if (function_exists(‘sp_SubscriptionsReviewButton’)) sp_SubscriptionsReviewButton(‘tagClass=spButton spRight’, __sp(‘Subscribed:’), __sp(‘Review subscribed topics’));
            if (function_exists(‘sp_WatchesReviewButton’)) sp_WatchesReviewButton(‘tagClass=spButton spRight’, __sp(‘Watching:’), __sp(‘Review watched topics’));
            echo ‘</div>’;
        sp_SectionEnd(‘tagClass=spClear’);

        sp_LoginForm($loginForm);
        sp_UserNotices(”, __sp(‘(Remove Notice)’));
    sp_SectionEnd(”, ‘userInfo’);

Thanks Mr Papa,

It changed things but I’m not sure it’s any better. Same amount of lines. I do realize though that I need to learn to tweak it or pay to get it done the way I want it done.

http://fiddlerman.com/forum

I am not seeing the changes I sent on that page…

same number of lines?  yes, but organized and structured instead of just flowing…  to put on one line will require significant change to the buttons or moving them below or above the rest of the section… thus increasing overall height of it…

should look more like the image below

Yours looks better.

Mine has the “Last visited” on the side instead of under the user like yours.
My “search” is not centered like yours.

ah yes… some css changes too I would imagine…  afraid those are harder to come by from memory…  here is a couple of new ones I added for that:

#spMainContainer #spLoggedInOutLabel {
    margin-top: -5px;
}

#spMainContainer #spLastVisitLabel {
    margin-top: 10px;
    margin-left: -75px;
}

I think we are getting somewhere. )))))

It’s looking better and better.

Thanks

oh, guess you need this part too…

    sp_SectionStart(‘tagClass=spPlainSection’, ‘search’);
        echo ‘<div style=”margin:0 60px”>’;
        sp_QuickLinksForum(‘tagClass=spControl spSelect spLeft’, __sp(‘Select Forum’));
        sp_QuickLinksTopic(‘tagClass=spControl spSelect spRight’, __sp(‘New/Recently Updated Topics’));
        echo ‘</div>’;
        sp_InsertBreak();
        echo ‘<div style=”text-align:center;margin:10px 0 0 0″>’;
        sp_SearchForm($searchForm);
        echo ‘</div>’;
    sp_SectionEnd(”, ‘search’);

just replace the current search part…

I guess I won’t have to pay for it after all. LOL

You’re too nice. Thanks

I just cost myself some money?? lol.. jk… so you are good?

You actually did cost yourself money.

I’m almost good.

Yesterday I received this note from one of the members:

Hi Pierre

Something has gone wrong with the forum and getting into it on my iPad. I can access the other parts of the FM site but not the forum. All is ok on my PC

When I try to get to the forum on the iPad I get the following :

“[spGroupView.php] – Template File Not Found

Sorry, but the required template file could not be found or could not be opened.

This can be caused by a missing/corrupt theme or theme file. Please check the Simple:Press Theme List admin panel and make sure a valid theme is selected. Or please check the location of the selected theme on your server and make sure the theme and the required template file exist.”

I checked both on the backend and on my FTP and can clearly see the spGroupView.php file. I suppose I can exchange that particular file. Somehow I didn’t delete stacked before installing a new one and have the folder title “stacked1” in my ftp folder but if I rename it the theme doesn’t work. I don’t think that is the problem though.

I don’t really want to reinstall the theme but maybe this is the easiest fix? It’s just that I have to redo all the changes you gave me. Must do it anyway every time there is an update. LOL

I don’t see that re-installing the theme should have any bearing on it if it works ok on a desktop.
Which site of yours is this happening on? Can I see the front forum page as a guest if I try on my ipad.?

on his ipad?  do you have a mobile theme enabled?  forum – themes – mobile theme.. is it possible you have a different, not ready theme, enabled for mobile devices?

Thanks,I had it selected but never choose a theme from the available themes below. I had chosen one previously but it must have somehow disappeared after the upgrade.