Hi, I'm using ddblock in the City Magazine theme (drupal) where the ddblock is located in the preface top region. It's full length at 940. I want to change the block size to about 50% of the width of the region, thus leaving adequate to have another block placed next to it. Maybe I've overlooked something, but tried setting the width using the skinr "width:" dropdown, but it doesn't change (remains the same). Also tried changing the image and container size in skinr, and the size changes, BUT the little block config gear remains way the heck over on the right side of the region, i.e. the block size is not changing. It's just not exhibiting the same behavior as most other blocks. Also tried massaging the CSS file, but still no success.

Any clues as to what I'm overlooking here, please?

Carl

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ppblaauw commented
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You need to change the width of the slideshow in the css file of the slideshow theme.
Probably the size need to be changed several times for different elements of the slideshow.

Hope this helps you further, please let me know.

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cfusch commented

ppblaauw,

Thanks for the swift response! I'm still having some difficulty here. Although I have a 30-year career in programming, Drupal is still fresh for me. I've made changes to the css file reducing the size of the pictures over to the left side of the block (about 50%) but unlike other blocks, the configurator (the little gear) remains off to the far right indicating to me that the block still consumes the full 940px, and confimed in that trying to place another block to the right of ddblock, the addional block, which should fit is forced down under ddblock.

Sooooo ... when you say change the css in the slideshow theme, can you be explicit about the "theme". I've been making over-riding css changes to the sub-theme css. Are you referring to a theme other than this? Can you give me the name/s of the ddblock theme css and line numbers ... and iff you can be a little more explicit about the process, e.g. why does the skinr interface not save the selection of the "width(16 column grid:" dropdown, e.g. '(9 units wide ) 540px 56%. All other blocks 'behave' (save) this type of setting and the config gear moves, too. Which to me means that the block has indeed changed its width.

Sorry for the mouthful! ;-) If you can spend a few more minutes on this, it would be great. I really like ddblock, and would like to master it for future purposes.

Kindest Regards.

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ppblaauw commented
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (cannot reproduce)

I don't know the implementation of the slideshow in the City Magazine theme.
It is a commercial theme, so I can also not see the implementation.
You will need to get support from the seller of the Commercial Theme.

Normally the ddblock slideshow themes are installed in the theme directory, in a custom folder.
sites/all/themes/[theme_name]/custom/modules/ddblock/[slideshow_theme_name]/

Hope this helps you further, closed the issue.

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cfusch commented
Status: Closed (cannot reproduce) » Closed (fixed)

Thanks to all for your comments and suggestions! I decided to not use ddblock in the header because of design issues and needed more content above the fold for which ddblock was taking too much space.

ddblock is a great module ... just not right for this client and the site.