Mike

Have you played with margins?

You can modify the whole page under step 1, template structure, then select the appropriate part of the page (header, body, etc) and change the margins.

Then you can also modify the margins for each cell (eg your slideshow cell) by selecting the cell and then clicking the cell style (2nd icon in from the left above the cell layout on the page). For each cell you can modify the inner and outer margins.

Hi Gordon,

Apologies for the delay in responding but after I added my above post I had to go away for a few days and have only just got back to my computer.

Thanks for your very welcome suggestion regarding ( Margins ) and also for all the assistance you very kindly gave me, when we last liased back in March 2015, regarding the text alignment issues I had with my previous website ( www.justkeedie.com ) created with Website X5 Evolution 11.

I have tried your margin suggestion and it helped with the slideshow images - thank you - but, unfortunately, not with the buttons.

When I altered the left and right margins to ( 0 ) I was able to get the slideshow images to stretch further across the body section.

Not right up to the edge, as a very small gap still remained, but a lot closer to the edge than I had previously been able to manage.

However, although the images now stretched further across the body section, unfortunately, even with the margins for left and right set to ( 0 ) the problem with the menu buttons still remained.

If I tried to make the menu buttons a little wider to stretch across the body section then the end button still dropped beneath the other buttons - as depicted in one of the previously attached images.

So I suppose I am stuck now with this situation.

It doesn't look too bad though and I can live with it. And, as I always say, I wouldn't have been able to create a website half as good without using Website X5 Evolution 11. However, it would be great if WebsiteX5 Evolution 11 did everything you asked of it. Or maybe it does and it's just a user error on my part. Who knows...

Unfortunately, I can't upload the website yet, as I would really value your opinion.

This is because the person I created it for is not quite ready for it to go online. She has purchased the domain name and I will host it with One.com as soon as possible.

Also, Gordon, have you tried WebsiteX5 Evolution 12 yet?

I ask this  because I am interested in purchasing it but I need to know exactly how my websites created with version 11 will look in version 12 before I purchase it.

I downloaded the demo version of WebsiteX5 Evolution 12 but was unable to import any website created with version 11 into it. It seems that I would have to purchase the full version in order to achieve this.

I have seen a number of posts where users have said that certain parts of their websites no longer function correctly in version 12 without making lots of changes so I don't want to take the plunge unless I am certain that I won't have to undertake hours of reconstruction.

I can understand Incomedia disabling the export facility,  but it would have been nice to have had the import facility enabled just to able to see that everything worked okay before purchasing.

Anyway, Gordon, just thought I would ask.

Thanks again for your suggestion regarding the margins - I found it to be most helpful.

In the meantime, wishing you all the best with your own Website X5 website creations.

Best regards,

Mike.

P.S

Did you see the extra info I posted regrading my issue.

I will include it below just in case:

Because I could not make the slideshow images or menu buttons any wider in order to reach the edge of the Body section, I also tried to narrow the width of the Body section so that it matched up with the width of the slideshow images and menu buttons.

However, I could not do this either as the feature to alter the width of the Body section was greyed out and the width could not be changed.

Hi

just out of curiosity are you on about a full width slider like this http://www.x5tuts.com/template/apex-demo2/

regards

jamie

Mike - I agree that getting the menu right to the edge can be challenging, the closest I came when I needed to was by altering the width of the page (header) by a couple of pixels so that the number of menu items and their width was exactly divisable. eg my buttons were each 121 and there were 8 of them so I made the header width 968 or 969.  I see you have tried similar without success - maybe I just got lucky or am not so exacting in my requirements.

As for version 12, check your profile "offers to you", I suspect the cost will go up shortly if you do not act.  I have converted 4 websites to date (2 from V10 and 2 from V11) and whilst I may have got lucky, I had no issues.  Turning on responsive (optional) provided some minor issues related to bugs that incomedia are currently ironing out, but the initial results for responsive sites were surprisingly good without much intervention.

PS I initially upgraded from evo v11 to evo v12, but having played with the beta before release I quickly realised that I wanted "just a touch more" control.  I doubt these features are worth the extra money for what I do, after all, everything worked fine in evo 12 for both standard and responsive sites, but now I am on 12 I can't go back (pro will not export to evo).

Good luck!!

Hi Jamie and Gordon,

Firstly, and in response to Jamie B - and thank you Jamie for your suggestion - no, I wasn't actualy thinking of a full width slider. But that is because, although I have seen this on other websites, I didn't know that the feature was available in WebsiteX5 Evolution 11.

So again, thank you for letting me know about this feature and for providing the link.

This is something I will really look into as I like the look of the full width example you provided. It is something I would definitely like to pursue as I find that websites that occupy the whole width of the monitor, whatever the resolution, look a lot more appealing than websites created with the restrictions on 'screen width' applied in order to render them tablet and phone compatible.

So, thanks again.

Best regards,

Mike.

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Hi Gordon,

Thanks again for your input.

I have played around with the settings a little bit more but am still unable to get the buttons to reach right up to the edges of the body. However, it would seem that I am not alone in this endeavour as I have noticed, when looking at other WebsiteX5 users designs in the Incomedia gallery, that many websites either intentionally, or unintentionally, seem to exhibit the same effect.

But, as previously mentioned Gordon, this is not a huge problem.

The website still looks okay.

It would have been nice to have had that extra bit of control over positioning of items but it is something I can definitely live with.

The website is actually finished and you will be able to get a better idea of the problem when the person I have created the website for is ready for me to upload it. I will provide you with the link when the website becomes live.

In regards to the Evolution 11 - Evolution 12 upgrade issue.

Unfortunately, the offer has now ended for me to take advantage of but, to be honest Gordon, like yourself, I do not see that the upgrade would actually offer me, as a novice, any more features than I would actually use at the moment.

Don't get me wrong....I am sure the extra features will be ideal for Incomedia customers who are heavily into website design but I am not a website designer - I am just someone who plays around with the idea. I suppose that Is why I have only created two websites since March 2015 when I actually purchased the product.

I am more into video editing and creating showreels for amateur entertainers whereby I add all the transitions and scrolling titles and credits etc.

Anyway, Gordon, thanks again for your input - it is most appreciated.

In the meantime, keep up the good work with your own WebsiteX5 creations,

Best regards,

Mike.