If no widgets are placed to a position, the entire area or row will not appear/collapse.
Configure at Admin Dashboard → Ximenia Theme, then go to Layouts to set the grid widths and allocated positions.
There are Gizmos that are injected into a site when enabled in the Administrator, and are stacked vertically.
These are the Google Analytics, Page Suffix, Smart Load Images, Typography Shortcodes, Page Class Suffix, RokStyle, Build Title-Spans, Disable Auto Paragraphs, Disable Texturize and IE6 Redirect.
There are times when you just don't want to have your widgets taking up all the room in a horizontal row no matter what the layout. For example you might want to have a widget on the left and a widget on the right, with nothing in the middle.
This is made easy with Gantry with the Force Positions parameter for each layout, allowing you to set the count to a specific row number, such as 4, even if 4 widgets are not published for that row.
Configure at Admin Dashboard → Ximenia Theme → Layouts the varying Mainbody/Sidebar layout possibilities.
Note: If no widgets are assigned to the Sidebar positions, the Mainbody will become full width.
To find out about Gantry Layouts and Widget Widths, check out this screencast which covers basic concepts of configuring layout with a combination of widget setting and the Gantry layout control.
View : Using Gantry LayoutsCheck out this quick screencast on Widget Positions to get an overview of how widget positions work within Gantry Framework. Click below to learn how to add a new row of widget positions.
Learn : Adding Widget Positions