block region

The right sidebar is a region that printed only inside page.tpl.php

<div id="right" class="clearfix">
<?php print $right;?>
</div><!--right-->

If you don't put a block in the right sidebar, this region is not printed.

<div class="clearfix" id="right"></div>

But if you want the main div take all the available space of the page,

<div id="main"  class="inside clearfix">  
<?php print $content_top;?>  
<?php print $messages;?>
<?php print $tabs;?>   
<?php print $content;?> 
</div><!--main-->

you should make the following change to your style.css file from

#main.inside { float:left; width:600px; padding:20px;font-family:verdana; font-size:12px; }
#right { float:right; width:267px; padding:0;}

to

#main.inside { width:867px; padding:20px;font-family:verdana; font-size:12px; }
#right { width:0; padding:0;}

Finally, you should know that #main and #right parent div #main-area-inside has a background image property,

#main-area-inside {  display:block; overflow:hidden;  background-image:url(images/main-area-bg.png); min-height:1000px;}

You can change it to a simple background color,

#main-area-inside {  display:block; overflow:hidden;  background:#ffffff; min-height:1000px;}

I have attached the result from the About page without right sidebar.

Should this improvement became a part of BlueMasters theme official distribution ?
(in this case gtsopour just drop me the .patch file :-) )

+1, from me

Applied these changes and looks great when no block is defined for the rightside bar. But when I do have one - it drops to the bottom of the page, under the main content.

Thoughts?

According to the changes mentioned in this issue the width of the main area is set to take over the whole available space (867px). No room left for any block in the side bar.

Definitely we have to improve this following a more sophisticated approach.

This is just about what I am asking about. Now with the sidebar gone, How do i change the content background from White to a close color like the one outside. just like you have for this website: http://www.maradiva.com/ and http://www.olympiaresort.com/.

Many thanks while anticipating your response.

Many thanks Guys,

I have done it using the codes outlined here. Will be opening up another issue soon. Thanks all the same. Really appreciate your explanation gtsopour.

Regards