Title: Adjust width
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Adjust width

 *  [tyler1234](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tyler1234/)
 * (@tyler1234)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adjust-width/)
 * I’m trying to make my main text area wider. Here’s the relevant code from the
   css:
 *     ```
       /* structure */
       #container { background:url(../images/bg_header.gif) repeat-x; width:100%; }
       #container-bg {  no-repeat bottom center; }
       #page { width:998px; margin:0 auto; }
       ```
   
 * I changed the width to 1098px but then it overlapped the background by 50px on
   each side. How can adjust the background header so there’s no overlap? I am a
   code amateur, so I paste the header info here in case that is of use:
 *     ```
       /* header styles */
       #header { height:120px; position:relative; z-index:2; }
       #header h1 a { display:block; width:405px; height:60px; position:relative; top:40px; }
       ```
   
 * Thanks for any help, oh knowledgeable ones!

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adjust-width/#post-2326014)
 * please post a link to your site;
 * without seeing the issue, it is virtually impossible to help with formatting 
   problems.
 *  Thread Starter [tyler1234](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tyler1234/)
 * (@tyler1234)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adjust-width/#post-2326018)
 * Hi Alchymyth,
 * It’s still under construction, but here it is: [jobs.drvino.com](http://jobs.drvino.com)
 * I also tried to widen the sidebar by 100px and you’ll see that the “post a job”
   button isn’t centered over the text below it now. Here’s (what I think is) the
   relevant code for that:
 *     ```
       /* sidebar::post job */
       #post-job { height:92px; background:url(../images/bg_post.png) no-repeat; text-align:center; padding:20px 0; }
       #post-job a { display:block; text-indent:-9999px; background:url(../images/btn_post_job.png) no-repeat top center; width:300px; height:58px; }
       #post-job p { font:normal 15px Georgia,serif; color:#7e7d79; font-style:italic; padding-top:10px; }
       ```
   

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 * [css](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/css/)
 * [header](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/header/)
 * [structure](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/structure/)
 * [width](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/width/)

 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [tyler1234](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tyler1234/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adjust-width/#post-2326018)
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