How to convert a 2 column template to 3 column one??
09 Aug 2009 2 Comments
Hi friends today i am going to show you how to convert a 2 column template
into 3 column one. To explain this tutorial i am selecting the minima template
•Login into dashboard
•Goto Layout>Edit HTML
•Now replace the following css codes
#header-wrapper {
width:660px;
margin:0 auto 10px;
border:1px solid $bordercolor;
}
with
#header-wrapper {
width:700px;
margin:0 auto 10px;
border:1px solid $bordercolor;
}
#outer-wrapper {
width: 660px;
margin:0 auto;
padding:10px;
text-align:$startSide;
font: $bodyfont;
}
with
#outer-wrapper {
width: 700px;
margin:0 auto;
padding:10px;
text-align:$startSide;
font: $bodyfont;
}
#sidebar-wrapper {
width: 220px;
float: $endSide;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE
*/
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE
sidebar float */
}
with
#sidebar-wrapper1 {
width: 130px;
float: left;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE
*/
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE
sidebar float */
}
#sidebar-wrapper2 {
width: 130px;
float: right;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE
*/
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE
sidebar float */
I have divided the sidebar into 2 parts sidebar1 & sidebar 2 and floated sidebar1 to left,sidebar2 to right
•Without expanding widget template find the below HTML code and replace it
<div id=’main-wrapper’>
<b:section class=’main’ id=’main’ showaddelement=’no’>
<b:widget id=’Blog1′ locked=’true’ title=’Blog Posts’ type=’Blog’/>
</b:section>
</div>
<div id=’sidebar-wrapper’>
<b:section class=’sidebar’ id=’sidebar’ preferred=’yes’>
</b:section>
</div>
with
<div id=’sidebar-wrapper1′>
<b:section class=’sidebar’ id=’sidebar’ preferred=’yes’>
</b:section>
</div>
<div id=’main-wrapper’>
<b:section class=’main’ id=’main’ showaddelement=’no’>
<b:widget id=’Blog1′ locked=’true’ title=’Blog Posts’ type=’Blog’/>
</b:section>
</div>
<div id=’sidebar-wrapper2′>
<b:section class=’sidebar1′ id=’sidebar1′ preferred=’yes’>
</b:section>
</div>
I have changed Main + sidebar to sidebar1 + Main + sidebar2
•Now you can check the result by clickin on Page Elements
Demo @ http://im-demo-bloggernutshell.blogspot.com/
Download Minima 3 column template
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Sep 01, 2010 @ 03:29:53
Thank you so much for this tutorial. You have no idea how much you have helped me out. Now I can use my own instead of the ones in the template designer. Your site rocks. Ty for all you do!
Nov 24, 2010 @ 15:58:52
hello..
i have done all the process above but i cant save it. it stated like this :
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure that all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: Open quote is expected for attribute “{1}” associated with an element type “id”.
wht must i do ?
D
pls help me