Fixing the width the user boxes in threads

[ManofScience]

I'm using a custom skin (vivid green) and when viewing a thread, the boxes down the left where the users avatars, post count, location, etc is displayed varies - and sometimes can be over half the size of the page - i'm guessing the template is SHOWTHREAD but i'm not sure what i need to edit or look for - anyone got any ideas how i can make them all a fixed size?


thanks in advance - i hope i've got this in the correct forum

[Steve Machol]

That would be the postbit_legacy template.

[ManofScience]

thanks Steve,

i've compared it against the default installed style and it looks the same - can u tell me what i should be looking for? www.nucastle.co.uk is the board

[DoE]

Your post bit width is already set at 175px (I checked your site), the problem is that some users have larger pictures or run-on texts that require more width. The only solution, besides switching off legacy postbit, is to limit user avatar pics and texts, or place a div within the TD to show scrollbars if the width is wider than 175px. Something like this:

<td class="alt2" width="175">
<div style="width:175px;overflow:auto;">
..... avatar and data here....
</div>
</td>

[ManofScience]

Thanks for the advice - i'm going for a bit of a play around!!