Title: Default theme: adding border to sidebar
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Default theme: adding border to sidebar

 *  Resolved [WenatcheeFred](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wenatcheefred/)
 * (@wenatcheefred)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-theme-adding-border-to-sidebar/)
 * Having a hard time trying to find where in the CSS I can add a border to the 
   left of the sidebar. What I tried was was to use a backgroud image that included
   a rule but I can’t figure out where to put the code. I tried putting it in this
   section of the style.css file:
 * /* Begin Sidebar */
    #sidebar { padding: 20px 0 10px 0; margin-left: 545px; width:
   190px; }
 * but the background image ended up being indented with a bit of the light blue
   background color of the sidebar showing to the left. So I assume I’m either inserting
   it in the wrong area or am doing it wrong.
 * Here’s the code I used:
 * /* Begin Sidebar */
    #sidebar { background-image: url(images/blog_bckgrnnd.jpg);
   background-repeat: repeat-y; padding: 20px 0 10px 0; margin-left: 545px; width:
   190px; }
 * If someone can set me straight on this it would be greatly appreciated.
 * Thanks.
 * Fred

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-theme-adding-border-to-sidebar/#post-1236108)
 * Try using:
 *     ```
       #sidebar {
       border-left:1px solid #999;
       margin-left:545px;
       padding:20px 0 10px;
       width:190px;
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [WenatcheeFred](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wenatcheefred/)
 * (@wenatcheefred)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-theme-adding-border-to-sidebar/#post-1236119)
 * My goodness! Such a prompt, helpful reply. Thanks much, esmi!!

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 * [default theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/default-theme/)
 * [sidebar border](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sidebar-border/)

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 * Last reply from: [WenatcheeFred](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wenatcheefred/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-theme-adding-border-to-sidebar/#post-1236119)
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