Title: Content area width
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Content area width

 *  Resolved [Phelle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phelle/)
 * (@phelle)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-area-width/)
 * Hello everyone,
 * Can someone please help me on how to make the width of my content area bigger
   without compromising the width of my “sidebar area”? Just want to minimize the
   background area and make the content area bigger.
 * hippiedork.com
 * Thank you!!

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 *  [Josiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josiahboyd/)
 * (@josiahboyd)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-area-width/#post-4169739)
 * Custom css in a child theme:
 * #page {
    margin: 1.615em auto; **width: 960px;** }
 *  Thread Starter [Phelle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phelle/)
 * (@phelle)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-area-width/#post-4169743)
 * thank you so much for the quick reply! i tried to do that and it worked (thank
   you!) but the writing on the area is still justified to same style a while ago.
 * hippiedork.com
 *  [Josiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josiahboyd/)
 * (@josiahboyd)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-area-width/#post-4169744)
 * Not a problem. Let me know if you need anything else.
 * #content {
    margin: 0 38.0208% 0 4.646%; ** max-width: 597px;** }
 *  Thread Starter [Phelle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phelle/)
 * (@phelle)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-area-width/#post-4169754)
 * looks like it works pretty good now. Thank you Josiah!
 *  [Josiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josiahboyd/)
 * (@josiahboyd)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-area-width/#post-4169768)
 * Not a problem. Let me know if you need anything else.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-area-width/#post-4169768)
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