Filling in the empty spaces

West · #1 (**permalink**) 10-24-2007, 10:27 AM

How do I go about adding stuff to the right side of my site (it's an SBI! design). I tried centering the entire site, but I think the nav bar looks better on the far left of the page. I want to add some pictures and maybe some more text, but I don't want it to wrap around the the already existing text. Do I have to upload a template with a pre-set 3 column design?

lisa · #2 (**permalink**) 10-24-2007, 10:54 AM

Hi West

You can create a table and align that table to the right side of your page. Then put whatever you want in that table.

That's how I got the Google ads on the right side of my page flat-stomach-exercises.com. Here's the code.

<table width="120" align="right"><tr><td>
Enter text or pictures in this area for the right alignment
</td>
</tr>
</table>

Just plop this code in your page where you want the info on the right to show up.

I'm sure there are better ways to do it but it's the way I did it.

West · #3 (**permalink**) 10-24-2007, 12:14 PM

Thanks Lisa. I just tried that code and it simply made my text more narrow, and there is still a lot of space on the right side. If you look at Elad's home (coolest-kid-birthday-parties), I want to accomplish something like this. How did place those forms along the right side? Another good example is your 2createawebsite site. Even though your site is centered and mine is aligned to the left, your text and images are utilizing much more of the page because you have 3 columns.

lisa · #4 (**permalink**) 10-24-2007, 02:21 PM

You can adjust the width of the table to a smaller number (change the 120 in the code to something smaller) if you wish, but as far as the extra space on the right, that is built into the SBI! template and it's impossible to use that space unless you do your own HTML like Elad did. I believe he did some custom HTML design so in order to get that effect you would need to follow the directions for "Uploading your own HTML"

West · #5 (**permalink**) 10-24-2007, 05:29 PM

Thanks again. I just went ahead and changed the look and feel. I centered the entire site, removed the left image, and altered my nav bar. I think it looks better this way.

lisa · #6 (**permalink**) 10-25-2007, 11:28 AM

Ahhh yes, centering it. I forgot that's what I did and totally forgot about it.

Yes, it does make a difference and eliminates all that white space out to one side. Looks nice!

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