FOR THE RECORD:
Kind of answered my own question:
To accomplish the task of increasing the width of the "products.tpl" table, the following commented out code from the "subcategories.tpl" file has to be moved to appropriate areas of a new table in the "home.tpl" file:
Code:
...
<DIV align="right">{include file="main/search_sort_by.tpl" sort_fields=$sort_fields selected=$search_prefilled.sort_field direction=$search_prefilled.sort_direction url="home.php?cat=`$cat`&"}</DIV>
{/if}
{* NOTE: The following commented out code was moved to relevent areas in the "home.tpl" file to modify the "products.tpl" file table width in a newly created table. *}
{* {if $total_pages gt 2}
<BR>
{ include file="customer/main/navigation.tpl" }
{/if}
<HR size="1" width="100%">
{include file="customer/main/products.tpl" products=$products} *}
{/if}
{* {if $products eq "" and $tmp eq "0"}
{$lng.txt_no_products_in_cat}
{/if} *}
{/capture}
{* {include file="dialog.tpl" title=$current_category.category content=$smarty.capture.dialog extra="width=100%"}
{if $products eq ""}
{if $f_products ne ""}
<P>
{include file="customer/main/featured.tpl"}
{/if}
{/if}
{ include file="customer/main/navigation.tpl" } *}
As an example, move the above commented out code to "home.tpl" as follows:
Code:
...
{ include file="poweredby.tpl" }
<BR>
<IMG src="{$ImagesDir}/spacer.gif" width="150" height="1" border="0">
</TD>
<TD width="6"> </TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE width="100%">
<TR>
<TD>
{if $total_pages gt 2}
<BR>
{ include file="customer/main/navigation.tpl" }
{/if}
<HR size="1" width="100%">
{include file="dialog.tpl" title=$current_category.category content=$smarty.capture.dialog extra="width=100%"}
{include file="customer/main/products.tpl" products=$products}
{if $products eq "" and $tmp eq "0"}
{$lng.txt_no_products_in_cat}
{/if}
{include file="dialog.tpl" title=$current_category.category content=$smarty.capture.dialog extra="width=100%"}
{if $products eq ""}
{if $f_products ne ""}
<P>
{include file="customer/main/featured.tpl"}
{/if}
{/if}
{ include file="customer/main/navigation.tpl" }
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
{ include file="rectangle_bottom.tpl" }
</BODY>
</HTML>
{/if}
This will increase the width of the "products.tpl" file to 100% of the viewing area.