Title: Increase page width
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Increase page width

 *  [Learjet45](https://wordpress.org/support/users/learjet45/)
 * (@learjet45)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-page-width-3/)
 * Hi there,
 * I’ve recently taken on the responsibility of helping to run my school’s FSAE 
   team website.
    I’ve added a few pages regarding a car show we will be putting
   on in October, found here: [http://www.formularpi.org/car-show/](http://www.formularpi.org/car-show/)
   I’ve used the Display Widgets plugin to disable widgets on all the car show related
   pages, so there is no sidebar. As a result, visible on the pages, the main body
   of the page only takes up about 3/4th of the width of the page under the header
   and nav bar. I’ve tried searching google and the forums for a solution to make
   the page wider, but I have not yet been able to make the page take up the full
   width (without breaking things at least). How can I go about doing this? Thanks!

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-page-width-3/#post-4626034)
 * something to start with:
 *     ```
       .page-id-723 #main, .page-id-723 article  { width: 100%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }
       .page-id-723 #sidebar { display: none; }
       ```
   
 * might need fine-tuning – please use a browser inspection tool to investigate 
   the formatting.
 *  Thread Starter [Learjet45](https://wordpress.org/support/users/learjet45/)
 * (@learjet45)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-page-width-3/#post-4626231)
 * I’m a bit lost with your post. That looks like css coding to me (forgive me lack
   of knowledge, I haven’t done much with wordpress before, I mainly used SMF, and
   that was about 2 years ago).
    If so, where should I add it in my style.css file?
   Or, is it something else I need to add elsewhere?
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-page-width-3/#post-4626237)
 * generally, it is not recommended to edit the files of your theme directly;
    either
   create a child theme for the customization [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
   or use a ‘custom CSS’ plugin to add new or changed styles [http://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=custom+css](http://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=custom+css).
 * or ignoring the ideas above, simply add the new styles at the bottom of style,
   css of your theme.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-page-width-3/#post-4626237)
 * Status: not resolved

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