Forum layout width settings

I’m stuck using this 15-inch laptop, and I literally have to shrink my browser window by like one degree just to get the forum to fit on my screen.
It feels like those massive banner ads they push for stuff like the new iPhone are basically designed exclusively for people rocking huge widescreen monitors.
I’ve scrolled through plenty of other forums before and honestly, I never even saw those kinds of ads there.
It’s kind of a joke, really... making things basically unusable for anyone who isn't running a giant display.
Then you look at most major US news sites—they’ll have these obnoxious sidebars and banners, but the actual articles still scale perfectly fine on any device.

Amanda Palmer90 said:Same here, man. It just doesn't happen until I actually go and open a thread.

So, they finally took down that pillar, but coppersailor28 is saying it’s just temporary while this ad campaign is running...

I'm trying to figure out why my workspace is totally stripped of all my gear—no Nokia, nothing—but then I get home and everything is right where it should be. I really want my setup at work to feel just as complete as my setup at home 🙂

Ashley Perez50 said:man, I just wish being at home felt as easy as being at work 🙂

🤣 👍

Ashley Perez50 said:I don't get it—why is my Nokia nowhere to be found at the office, even though I have everything at home? I really wish my setup at work was just as accessible as what I've got at my place.🙂

I guess they probably have some kind of corporate policy in place where "something" filters out all that undesirable content.🤔

Sarah Turner42 said:I think their policy over there is probably set up so that some kind of automated filter handles all that unwanted content...🤔

Nobody's actually filtering anything...
Most users are running wide screens these days, leaving nothing but empty ad space on the sides, and yet coppersailor28 is sitting there expecting to see some kind of profit from it... 😕 It’s getting even more chaotic now, especially with those constant ads popping up right in the middle of my feed...

Joseph Gomez39 said:Nobody filters.

They filter, they definitely filter. 🙂
Lilith says: "... there's no Nokia at work or anything else..."

60% of users have wide screens, leaving the rest of the ad on the side. And now Anderson expects some kind of profit. 😕

The ad is just a standard background image. It doesn't even "count" clicks on forum pages, if it counts anything at all—which I doubt. It’s just the background image for every single one. The contract is likely time-based (two weeks or whatever /according to Anderson/).

Karen Cook51 said:Well, they finally cleared out that pillar, though Anderson claims it's just temporary while the ad campaign runs..

It looks much better now. Exactly how it should be—clean coverage across the whole screen.😬

Ronald Sullivan90 said:If you're using Chrome, just grab the Stylebot extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...foejpgmdaleoha and then apply this:

It's just basic CSS
html body { background-color: #fff; background-image: none; }
table { width: 100%; }
div.page { width: 100%; }
div.pagenav { width: 0px; }

And if anyone wants, they can port it over to Stylish.

Just a little gift for my first post lol

Thanks for this, seeing an old-school forum feels like a total rebirth🙏 🙏🙂

Amanda Palmer90 said:it actually looks quite lovely right now, just as it should—perfectly filling the entire screen😬

Personally, I feel like I'm still missing about half the screen today.

Does anyone know what happened, or why everything seems so stretched out?...🙂

But seriously, what's the deal with this picture? 🙂

Chris Kelly16 said:Right-click on the phone image ---} View background image ---} Right-click on the image ---} View image info ---} Block images from ads2.forum.hr

...and suddenly, life feels wonderful again...

P.S: I am using Chrome

Thanks, truly... all that blue nonsense is finally gone.🎉

Now, why don't you tell us what needs to be done to expand the forum back to its former glory so everyone can be happy again?🤣

I don't get why everyone is losing their minds over this blue ad (which, by the way, is absolutely massive 😁); honestly, if this forum had a dark mode, it would be much easier on the eyes. This brightness is actually physically painful and exhausting. 🙂

Amanda Palmer90 said:it actually looks great right now, just how it should be—nice and clear across the whole screen😬

and yeah, it covers the screen... maybe about 10% total...😍

I’m having a bit of a rough time here; I use a 4:3 aspect ratio monitor and I tend to prefer a larger font size
so much so that nearly a third of the page
has effectively vanished from my view. Now I’m stuck either scrolling horizontally back and forth
or constantly hitting CTRL minus to shrink the text down twice over on Firefox.

Could we please revert to the previous layout?

swiftbison2 said:Same thing happened to me at the Metropolitan Opera.

With the Metropolitan Opera, it’s pretty straightforward—you just go into the settings, hit the website, and click "fit to width."

Joseph Gomez39 said:It’s taking up about 10% of the screen. 😍

This is what I'm seeing on my laptop 🤷


Luckily, the monitors at my university are tiny 4:3 screens basically the size of a smartphone, so I can't even see the Motorola ad. 😁

silverpanther13 said:It's straightforward in Opera: just go to Settings - Web Pages - then click "Fit to width."

The guy is stubborn. 🙂Could it be because I'm running without an adblocker? 🤔

I went ahead and installed Monkey, then added this line to my script:

document.body.style.background = "#ffffff";

And now, successfully, I have a white background.

However, does anyone happen to know how I might narrow the page width? What would I need to add?
I'm struggling because I don't quite know how to reference specific CSS elements
since this is a .js script...

Basically, how can I inject the following logic into what I wrote above:

Code:

Ronald Sullivan90 said:Just a little something to kick things off with my first post here. xD

I really appreciate you looking out for me like family! 🙂