Title: Customizing help needed!!!
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Customizing help needed!!!

 *  [scottish2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scottish2/)
 * (@scottish2)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-help-needed/)
 * Hi
 * I set up a blog for a friend and am not 100% happy with the template. love the
   over all look but it is too narrow in the main content area.
 * [http://namgyalrapper.com/blog/](http://namgyalrapper.com/blog/)
 * Can someone show me how to make it wider?
 * The header image I want to leave centered, but everything from the menu bar down
   I want to make wider.
 * Basically
 * the left sidebar is about 183 pixels wide.
    the right one seems to be 181 pixels
   wide. and the middle column seems to be 436 give or take a couple pixels
 * Now the sidebars I want to keep those widths give or take a pixel or 2 but the
   center I want to be 600 pixels wide so it looks like the edited screen shot below
   as I edited the screen shot to show better how I want the layout to look
 * [http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv3/freetibetblog/Image1.jpg](http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv3/freetibetblog/Image1.jpg)
 * So I would need to know what parts to edit and exactly what files as not sure
   if this would be in just one file or in multiple files.
 * It seems like it can be adjusted in the CSS file alone but I am unsure what parts
   to edit so it properly effects the whole blog and makes the center area wider
   while leaving the sidebars their current width.
 * Any help would be much appreciated!!!
 * Dave

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 *  [t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os/)
 * (@t31os)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-help-needed/#post-1038900)
 * Assuming you understand CSS to some degree, the following CSS over-rides produces
   the required result..
 *     ```
       #navtop {
         background-image:none;
         background-color:#4d4d4d;
         border:3px solid white;
         width:auto;
       }
   
       #body_container,
       #container,
       #main {
         width:1000px;
         background-image:none;
       }
   
       #main_content {
         width:660px;
         background-image:none;
         padding:0;
       }
   
       .narrowcolumn {
         width:auto;
         background-color:#a9a9a9;
         margin:0 10px;
         padding:10px;
       }
   
       #footer {
         width:1000px;
         background-image:none;
         padding:0;
         height:auto;
       }
   
       #footer_left {
         width:970px;
         margin:50px 0 20px;
         background-image:none;
         padding:8px 15px;
         height:auto;
         background-color:#4d4d4d;
         border:3px solid white;
       }
   
       #header {
        margin:0 auto;
       }
       ```
   
 * Basically go through each of the above IDs (# hahsed items) and the class (. 
   dot item) and adjust them in the stylesheet to reflect the changes above….
 * You’ve used images in the current theme where they’re not needed, this has meant
   i’ve used background color and border for the footer and header nav menus (why
   an image was used i don’t know), but the content area image needs to recreated,
   i’ve used background-color for the changes above, so you lose the rounded corners
   until a new image is in place…
 *  Thread Starter [scottish2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scottish2/)
 * (@scottish2)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-help-needed/#post-1038971)
 * I’ll give this a try and not sure why they used what as was a theme I liked and
   downloaded just don’t like the width is all.
 *  Thread Starter [scottish2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scottish2/)
 * (@scottish2)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-help-needed/#post-1039042)
 * Well it didn’t work but then a friend got it resolved for me and turned out who
   ever created this theme used a ton of images in it and took her awhile to get
   it all sorted as we had to redo a number of the graphics to get it to all stretch
   wider and balance out right. But as you can see if now looking better not being
   crammed into one narrow column like it was originally
 * [http://namgyalrapper.com/blog/](http://namgyalrapper.com/blog/)

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