Variable Width Topics


Variable Width Topics

Postby javan114 » Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:42 am

I am using phpBB3/proVista to discuss genealogy, and for posting old photographs of ancestors:

http://desloges.us/forum/index.php

The size of the pictures vary, with some of them being wider than the fixed width of the topic page. When this is the case, the right side of the picture is cut off, sometimes amounting to half of the picture. This is an example:

http://desloges.us/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=26

I would like to keep the pictures in their full size for being able to see the details rather than restricting the size of the pictures posted.

How can I make the topics use a variable width rather than a fixed width?

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Re: Variable Width Topics

Postby Helter » Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:43 am

Here is an example of my lightbox Photo BBcode
if something like this will work for you, you can find it here
viewtopic.php?f=125&t=247
*note* this image is a little extreme in size. You can find the close button at the bottom right of the pic
[photo]http://www.forumimages.co.uk/images/disney.jpg[/photo]

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Re: Variable Width Topics

Postby javan114 » Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:04 am

Thanks, the lightbox mod was posted as per directions. However, the effect achieved is not the same as in your example. Instead of overlaying the topic with the expanded image, it adds it to the bottom of the topic. Please see this example:

http://desloges.us/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=26

Any idea as to what went wrong?

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Re: Variable Width Topics

Postby javan114 » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:07 am

I just noticed one additional problem. The lightbox works in Firefox and Opera, but does not work in IE.

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Re: Variable Width Topics

Postby javan114 » Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:46 pm

FYI, I have removed the lightbox mod, as I could not get it to work properly. I did keep the photo BBCode, as it achieves what I need, less the automation.
Thanks for your help.

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Re: Variable Width Topics

Postby Helter » Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:56 pm

I have not tested for backwards compatibility because the only version of IE i have installed is IE7 and it works fine.

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