How to move the layout left (reduce margin width)

Hi, I'd like to set the width of the left - middle (top1, advert1, content, etc.) - and right modules. There doesn't seem to be a way to do this in the template manager.

I started to do this in index.php ( as desribed in another posting ) in templates/hot_blankie, and that seems to work OK.

However, there still seems to be a huge margin on the left-hand side of the page. How do I reduce or eliminate this margin and move all the module positions more towards the left?

Layout is defined in index.php of template here:

$layoutdesign = $this->params->get("layoutdesign", "+row_style1+top1=7=0,top2=3=0,top3=2=0&+top_menu+logo=2=0,user3=10=0&+row_style2+advert1=7=0,advert2=5=0&+row_style2+left=2=0,joom_content=5=0,right=5=0&+hot_map+user1=12=0&+row_style2+bottom1=4=0,bottom2=4=0,bottom3=4=0&+row_style3+copyright=6=0,bottom12=6=0");

so string representing layout is this:

"+row_style1+top1=7=0,top2=3=0,top3=2=0&+top_menu+logo=2=0,user3=10=0&+row_style2+advert1=7=0,advert2=5=0&+row_style2+left=2=0,joom_content=5=0,right=5=0&+hot_map+user1=12=0&+row_style2+bottom1=4=0,bottom2=4=0,bottom3=4=0&+row_style3+copyright=6=0,bottom12=6=0"

+row_style1+top1=7=0,top2=3=0,top3=2=0&
+top_menu+logo=2=0,user3=10=0&
+row_style2+advert1=7=0,advert2=5=0&
+row_style2+left=2=0,joom_content=5=0,right=5=0&
+hot_map+user1=12=0&
+row_style2+bottom1=4=0,bottom2=4=0,bottom3=4=0&
+row_style3+copyright=6=0,bottom12=6=0"

format :

[row div id]+[row div class]+[[<position name>=<postion width>=<postion offset>,]...]&

where:
<postion width> and <postion offset> are units of 1/12 of template width,

also sum of <postion width>s and <postion offset>s in each row should not be greeter that 12, if less last will be stretched

Thanks for this useful information...

But it doesn't solve the problem of the left margin offset on the web page. I tried using a negative offset (e.g. left=2=-2) but that doesn't work.

I still have a big margin on the left of the page, before the 'left' module appears, see image



thanks,

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Did you remove logo like i described?

Yes, I unpublished all the content in modules logo + user3, and I also inserted the lines top_menu display:none as you suggested.

But there is still a big margin on the left hand side of the page, before the side menu in the LEFT module (and also in TOP1).

Please see my website www.liveworkretirethailand.com .

I've been trying to play around with various settings. It seems your design layout is relative to the width of the page.

When I increase the width of the page, the width in the browser doesn't change - but the whole page does move left a little.

But if I then change the browser from full-screen mode to window mode then the left side of the page is truncated. Is there a way to set absolute widths? Or is there a way to define the let margin of the page more accurately?