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[SOLVED] Enabling/disabling sidebar


  #1  
Old Aug 2, 2010, 04:19 PM
Certis
 
12 posts · Jul 2010
[SOLVED] Enabling/disabling sidebar

Basically, I need an option for my users to disable the sidebar, while looking at the posts. I can do that now, but that would disable it for everyone, I'd like to offer that feature to only those who need it.

Because some people, with low 4:3 resolution, will see my images (that are 800px wide) in the sidebar.

I tried installing two Atahualpa themes and a theme switcher. Then I edited one theme's settings that it would not show a sidebar in posts, but when I switched back, I noticed that those settings "carried over," which means it either showed the sidebar for both or for neither of them.

Is there any way I could solve this problem?

Alternatively, could I change the sidebar, so it would be up or down instead? And possibly, so I could only change that in one theme, so people could use that Atahualpa theme, which has the sidebar on the side.
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Old Aug 2, 2010, 04:24 PM
NeilC
 
47 posts · Jun 2010
Runcorn, Cheshire, UK
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Could you possibly use a gallery with thumbnails and have the images open as a lightbox-style. That way you could have a very narrow sidebar containing a 1 x any-number gallery and could accommodate users with low res screens.
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Old Aug 2, 2010, 04:40 PM
Certis
 
12 posts · Jul 2010
I'm afraid not, full-sized images are kind-of needed for my blog, which is used for my "let's play."

Since there are screenshots from the visual novel from time to time, I feel like it would stop the flow, if people had to click to open the images or anything of that sorts.

It also has youtube videos. While I can make those smaller, some people don't like to use full-screen, so I'd rather use the proper resolution for that.

Last edited by Certis; Aug 2, 2010 at 04:42 PM.
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Old Aug 2, 2010, 04:52 PM
NeilC
 
47 posts · Jun 2010
Runcorn, Cheshire, UK
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Thinking outside the box....

Create two style sheets, not two themes with switching. Similar to a Mobile option I guess.
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Old Aug 2, 2010, 04:54 PM
Certis
 
12 posts · Jul 2010
How would I be able to create links for switching them?

And from what I saw from the css files, I didn't see the part where sidebars where handled.

That option, would be the best, to be honest, if it works on the fly (switching with AJAX?).
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Old Aug 2, 2010, 05:06 PM
NeilC
 
47 posts · Jun 2010
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Another way might be to create two "all-encompassing" classes and then replicate the CSS generation with different page widths/sidebar generation for each class.

Its a problem I have to overcome at a later date as I need to add mobile-css to my own site. Thankfully I do not have to deal with this task myself yet!

I was just thinking out loud and in general terms because I will have to think about it myself at a later date.

Good luck.

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