Title: Left sidebar
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Left sidebar

 *  [neufuture](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neufuture/)
 * (@neufuture)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/left-sidebar/)
 * This should be simple. I’ve looked all over for the answer, only to find outdated,
   nonworking solutions. I want to move the sidebar to the left side for Kubrick.
   I’ve tried doing it in both css and the php template code. No luck. Please help!

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 *  [t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os/)
 * (@t31os)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/left-sidebar/#post-982538)
 * Change the float to left in style.css
 * Then in index.php, move…
 * `<?php get_sidebar(); ?>`
 * And place it before the content DIV in index.php….
 * Not tested, but that should do the job…
 * You might have to change some clear definitions in the stylesheet to, but that
   should get you started…
 *  Thread Starter [neufuture](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neufuture/)
 * (@neufuture)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/left-sidebar/#post-982587)
 * that’s what I originally did. The sidebar stays on the right and the content 
   goes underneath to the left! I found if i changed #sidebar to “display: inline”
   it moves it to the left but the formatting is still way funky because the content
   is below. Even setting sidebar AND content to “clear: none” doesn’t seem to do
   anything. Ideas anyone?
 *  [t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os/)
 * (@t31os)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/left-sidebar/#post-982590)
 * I tested with a fresh install with the default theme, and it worked for me….
 * Though as i said there may be a few areas you need to clear…
 * Simply switching the float did work though, so i can’t see why it won’t for you
   unless you’ve already made modifications to the theme.
 *  Thread Starter [neufuture](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neufuture/)
 * (@neufuture)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/left-sidebar/#post-982598)
 * ok I’m doing this on a FRESH install (5 minutes ago)
    **index.php**
 *     ```
       get_header(); ?>
   
       <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
   
       	<div id="content" class="narrowcolumn">
       ```
   
 * **style.css**
 *     ```
       /* Begin Sidebar */
       #sidebar
       {
       	padding: 20px 0 10px 0;
       	margin-left: 545px;
       	width: 190px;
       	float: left; /* THIS IS WHAT I ADDED */
       	}
       ```
   
 * here are the results:
    [http://dev.neufuture.com/wptest/](http://dev.neufuture.com/wptest/)
 *  Thread Starter [neufuture](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neufuture/)
 * (@neufuture)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/left-sidebar/#post-982628)
 * t31os, I’d really appreciate a walk through
 *  Thread Starter [neufuture](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neufuture/)
 * (@neufuture)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/left-sidebar/#post-982648)
 * or anyone else?? please???
 *  [Steffen Jørgensen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jint/)
 * (@jint)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/left-sidebar/#post-982649)
 * Here are some default layout templates for you all.
    [http://blog.html.it/layoutgala/](http://blog.html.it/layoutgala/)
 * But, shooting from the hip, I would say you could just change the float values,
   and that would do the trick for you.
 *  [rstevenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rstevenson/)
 * (@rstevenson)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/left-sidebar/#post-982687)
 * After some fiddling, I got this to work. My changes in styles.css are…
 * #sidebar {
    **float: left;** padding: 20px 0 10px 0; margin-left: **35px;** width:
   190px; }
 * … and …
 * .narrowcolumn {
    **float: right;** padding: **0 45px 20px 0;** margin: 0px 0 
   0; width: 450px; }
 * … and, in index.php the top 2 lines are now …
 * <?php get_header(); ?>
    <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
 * Hope this helps someone else.
 * Rob
 *  [mike_groupie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mike_groupie/)
 * (@mike_groupie)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/left-sidebar/#post-982742)
 * Beautiful!
    Thanks for the help!
 * I believe it’s the addition/removal of that “float” command that really does 
   it.
 * I didn’t like the effect created by using the “float: right” on the narrowcolumn
   definition, so I removed it from my solution, and I had to also modify the widecolumn
   def to deal with viewing single posts.

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