width stuff & template issue

[salas]

Hi guys !!

I've started with mambo 1 month ago. It's an incredible softw
What brings me here is that i have a problem concerning my favourite template (yops_boxed_blue_lt). It seems like the width method used for the columns messes up really easy.

an example: when menu item too big, i get:

http://www.n1.website.online.pt/problem.jpg


I've encountered similar problems with simpleboard for example or with main content that exceeds 450px +/-


I have tryed dozens of times to convert this template to width relative (%) but i always get lots of bugs, i'm no html expert, but i think this template is not for newbies :O

Then i ask you , have you guys encountered the same problem? are there any "tricks" to solve this problem easily, or more easily? or it is imperative to transform it in a width relative template?

Sry if my question seems too trivial

best regards

[pixelsoul]

I dont know this template by code but i think it should be relativly easy..

[Clive Amos]

There isn't much you can do about long URL links with no breaks other than try to keep the link text as short as possible. If there is no place (eg:space) where the text can wrap you are pretty much stuck with it stretching your table or div. This effect can be seen in most forums.

This part <a href="very_long_url" doesn't matter but the text part between the >the_length_of_this_matters</a>. Strings of code are another common cause of stretched containers, artificially breaking them is about the only way to cope.

Sorry to be the bringer of bad news. :D
Cheers

[salas]

Thx for the help guys :D
I've got your point

Actually, i'm using dtree menu, i've changed a few stuff in the css(dtree) and now i get breaks in the menu items.

Another solution was to decrease the menu font size.

Best regards

[pixelsoul]

Yes but that is not really a solution for the Simpleboard issue.. ;)

[salas]

For sure pixelsoul, but you know what, i think it is not a too serious issue, for example, anybody has noticed it yet, besides me of course ehe ;)

And i dislike that lovely template with relatively-sized, fixed is surely much better.

Btw, i found lot's of info related to this problem in simpleboard's home page forums including some kind of patch(very neat i think) :cool:
I' ll take a look at those someday,

cheers