Magento Hosted - Change search layout/default layout - magento

Question

I am trying to figure out how to change the default layout to 2 columns from 3 columns. I have been able to do it successfully on every page except for search results. I wouldn't mind changing the default layout to 2 columns as I want it all to be uniform.
Here's the catch, I am on a hosted solution (I hate it, but hey, I am just the developer). I have no access to the file system or individual files. I haven't figured out a way to upload and replace any files, so all changes I make have to be done from the back end. I am really hoping this can be done.

Answer 1

Answer is, you can't. Plain and simple.
However, you can hack the hell out of it using jQuery and get it to work right. Here is the code I used:
//Check for 3 col layout.
if($j('.col3-layout').length>0){
//swap the 3 col layout for the 2 col layout
$j('.col3-layout').addClass('col2-left-layout').removeClass('col3-layout');
//grab all the code in the wapper, and place it in the main
var html=$j('.col-wrapper').html();
$j('.main').html(html);
//If products are shown as a grid, reorder them. If it is a list, leave it alone.
if(!$j('.grid').attr('href')){
//Grab all items in the list, push them into an array, and then remove all the data.
var items=new Array();
$j('.products-grid .item').each(function(){
items.push($j(this).html());
});
$j('.products-grid').remove();
//build your output
var html='';
var gridsize=4; //items per row
for(var i=0;i<items.length;i++){
if(i%gridsize==0){//start a new row
html+='<ul class="products-grid '
if(i/gridsize==0)//very first row
html+='first ';
else if(i==items.length-gridsize)//last row
html+='last '
if(i/gridsize%2==0)//even class
html+='even">';
else
html+='odd">';//odd class
html+='<li class="item first">'+items[i]+"</li>";
}else if(i%gridsize==gridsize-1){//very item in row
html+='<li class="item last">'+items[i]+"</li></ul>";
}else
html+='<li class="item">'+items[i]+"</li>";
}
$j('.category-products').html(html); //populate the data.
}
}