Title: Adding width to conatiner
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Adding width to conatiner

 *  [dstrutt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dstrutt/)
 * (@dstrutt)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-width-to-conatiner/)
 * I hope someone can offer some help, I am helping a friend work on her wordpress.
 * [http://www.lizkalil.com](http://www.lizkalil.com) – edegree template.
 * I am trying to add a border of 50 pixels to each right and left side of the container
   shoulder?…(currently 900px wide).
    The header image, with the clouds is 1000 
   pixels wide. The proportions of everything are good but would like to add a 50
   pixel border/block of color #9b15f9 to each side of the entire grey area, (container?)
   which would also make it 1000 pixels wide and line up with the header image.

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 *  [janet4now](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janet4now/)
 * (@janet4now)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-width-to-conatiner/#post-5221780)
 *     ```
       #bg {
       background: url(http://mtbproductions.com/wp/wp-content/themes/edegree/uploads/Degree-MTB-Liz-Kalil-Header-image-CLIPPED-2.jpg) no-repeat center top #EBEBEB;
       width: 1000px;
       margin: 0 auto;
       }
       ```
   
 * You seem to have applied some styling directly to a template file maybe? Remove
   all that and use the code I have above. You can modify the gray color by changing
   the hex code.
 *  Thread Starter [dstrutt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dstrutt/)
 * (@dstrutt)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-width-to-conatiner/#post-5221830)
 * You are awesome, Janet4now! Thanks so much for your help!!!
 *  [ninandi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ninandi/)
 * (@ninandi)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-width-to-conatiner/#post-5222043)
 * Where can I find this code?

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 * [container](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/container/)
 * [style sheet](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/style-sheet/)
 * [template](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/template/)
 * [width](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/width/)

 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [ninandi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ninandi/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-width-to-conatiner/#post-5222043)
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