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How Hard To Change A Theme From 2 Column To 1 Column?

by RedShifted
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I've been using the same theme for a while now (on many different sites), and I like the theme, but having 2 columns is limiting me from making sites the way I want to.

The problem is, I don't want to use a different theme.

It took me a few months to learn how to change code in the theme and switching to a different theme will slow me down. Because I'll have to find out where everything is in the coding all over again.

My question is this, this is my site:

MMRG, Mold Remediation & Basement Waterproofing in NJ-

I want the site to have a layout somewhat like this site:

Mold Removal Services in New Jersey NJ


So how can I achieve this? Is there some basic way to change the site from 2 column to 1 column? Then I'm thinking for the top, I can just use a 2 column table for the slider and form.

I hate my sites layout because the side bar takes up too much space, and I can't make my site flow the way I want it to. But new themes are confusing to learn.

Thanks - Red
#change #column #hard #theme
  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    Hmmm... are we looking at the same sites? Because BOTH sites you linked to have a 2 column layout. How comes you see it differently?
    The only difference is: in the second one, after an initials two column layout at the top, there seems to be a small full-width part, after which the 2 column layout returns.

    And to reply to your question: if you need to ask it, there is no easy way.
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  • Profile picture of the author RedShifted
    You're absolutely right I appreciate that.

    What was really bothering me the most was how wide the sidebar was, as it was making my main content area too narrow. So I figured it might be easier to try changing the dimensions of everything instead.

    So on my development site (which looks terrible I just use it for experimenting) I made the sidebar more narrow, and the content area wider.

    http://www.allcountywaterproofing.ou...com/wordpress/

    That will definitely keep me satisfied for now. I'm going to resize everything on the new site now and play around with the content a bit. I think I can definitely make this work now.

    Thanks for the help!!

    -Red
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    Well, all you did - in the example above - to make the sidebar narrower than the elements inside it (see: you cut off the right end of the included elements!) which will result in very unpleasant surprises in different browsers: your sidebar will go below the the content!

    You can't do what you did: make the sidebar, for example, 200px wide and place a 300px wide gizmo into it... Absolutely wrong!

    Not being familiar with the theme you are using I can't tell the exact steps you'd need to create a sidebar-less page. You may need to create a new template and edit 1 or 2 or 3 template files (depending how your theme has been coded) and to add some new definitions to your stylesheet.
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  • Profile picture of the author DJL
    There are many themes (e.g., Origami) that provide templates with varying numbers of columns. In the long run, a different theme would probably give you fewer headaches than trying to modify the one you are using now.
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