Extra space on your articles pages

Serge_Frolov

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Hello,

When you click on the title of an article or the "read in full" link to view it, you can see an article photo on the right hand side of the page. In my opinion this section takes up lots of space and it gives the impression that the article is too long to read. The following paragraphs will tell you how to get rid of the Article Photos section so that there's more space in the article.

The trick is that you need to comment just one block of code. First, FTP to your site and open view-article.tpl which is located in templates/Default/. I recommend that you to open the file with an editor like Notepad ++ that displays line numbers. Scroll down through the file and find the 113th line. Well, comment the block of code starting from 113th line with <!-- and ending with --> in the 126th line. The screenshot below demonstrates which block of code should be commented:

Don’t forget to save changes and overwrite the file if your FTP client asks. Let me show you the result of our little efforts. The screenshot below demonstrates how the full article page was displayed before changes:

And how it displays now:

P.S. After the changes you’ve made the article photo will only display on the homepage and not on the article page.

Take care!

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Comments

Roman Terry. Jun 20, 2011
I just read but another study/research whitepaper that is if you can optimize an article to 3 photos, you achieve the least "bounce rate."

The psychology is that the photos have the websurfer immediately imagining how this article is relating to them and thier life. The very nature of the web is a visual experience more than a reading chore.

We are I am sure just talking 2 different uses of pics. Too many does extend the article, like you said. Another great post by Serge Frolov!
Pepper. Aug 29, 2011
Home run! Great slugging with that asnewr!
Bertie. Aug 31, 2011
Pheonmeanl breakdown of the topic, you should write for me too!

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