Title: Customizing Column Width
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Customizing Column Width

 *  [WPAndrew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpandrew/)
 * (@wpandrew)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-column-width/)
 * I have used 2/3 and 3/4 shortcodes but realized 70% would suit my site perfectly.
 * Under settings I updated 2/3 to be 70% width and 1/3 to be 30% width.
 * After updating, my right side 1/3 column disappeared and positioned itself underneath
   the 2/3 column.
 * I initially left the margin values blank as i don’t understand what it does and
   then tried entering values but the results appeared the same (right column appears
   underneath the 2/3 column)
 * I do not know css very well at all. Does anyone know how I can achieve a 70%-
   30% layout?
 * My content fits in both the default 2/3 and 3/4 but I can not seem to customize
   in between.
 * Any help would be appreciated.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easy-columns/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easy-columns/)

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 *  [mikeotgaar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeotgaar/)
 * (@mikeotgaar)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-column-width/#post-3897476)
 * **Try reducing the width percentages..**.
 * Start with maybe 66% and 26% – then work up in increments until you get the widest
   layout without breaking the columns. (Or reduce more if the layout still breaks)
 * **Here’s why 70/30 doesn’t work: The columns have default margins, which you 
   must add to the total – **so if you set 70% width and the margin default is 1%–
   you end up with 72% wide (1% each side) – the same for both columns.
    Add both
   together and you get 104% – which is probably conflicting with your theme stylesheet
   CSS.
 * You can try e.g. 67% wide, margin 1% – 28%, margin 1%… Then go to 68%…
 * When I debug responsive CSS like this I find it’s easier to start with less than
   100% total to get things working…

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 * Last reply from: [mikeotgaar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeotgaar/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-column-width/#post-3897476)
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