Title: Newb Needs Help
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Newb Needs Help

 *  [smalls](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smalls/)
 * (@smalls)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/newb-needs-help/)
 * [http://mafsmetsreport.twooldsaps.com](http://mafsmetsreport.twooldsaps.com)
   [
   learn how to write a complete URI – mod.]
 * Been Looking at using WP for a couple weeks now, and have a test page to work
   with. I’m a newb at style.css and am hoping some of you brains can help me out
   a little:
 * My first of probably many questions is:
 * How do I stretch blog so I don’t have as much space on the left and right. I 
   have a lot to say and would like my blog to be wider. I’ve messed around a little
   with the .css, but couldn’t find where to make the width bigger.
 * Thanks for the help
    Smallz

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 *  [jwurster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwurster/)
 * (@jwurster)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/newb-needs-help/#post-404196)
 * What is the theme that you downloaded?
 *  [yosemite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yosemite/)
 * (@yosemite)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/newb-needs-help/#post-404197)
 * Your style.css file is using some static sizes. Look at what’s going on with 
   the .content and .sf_left .sf_right and you can see where some widths are setup.
 *  [jwurster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwurster/)
 * (@jwurster)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/newb-needs-help/#post-404199)
 * I downloaded it and found that if you change the content only to make it wider,
   everything seems to flow pretty well. The only thing that is not right is the
   drop-shadow box around the content. It is still the old width. And that is because
   the image is 768×18. The images big_top, big_bottom and big_middle will have 
   to be resized.
 *  Thread Starter [smalls](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smalls/)
 * (@smalls)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/newb-needs-help/#post-404203)
 * I think I got that part, thanks for the help.
 * Second Dumb question:
 * How do I now widen my content field?
 * Thanks
 *  [jwurster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwurster/)
 * (@jwurster)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/newb-needs-help/#post-404206)
 * When you are trying to change a theme, I find it helpful to view the source code
   from your blog. That way you can tell what div the “article” is in. There is 
   a comment in the css stylesheet which says ‘left and central column’. I would
   change the right_side and left side to fit your needs.
 *  Thread Starter [smalls](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smalls/)
 * (@smalls)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/newb-needs-help/#post-404209)
 * jwurster,
 * I really appreciate the help. And I’m on a try and learn basis right now, taken
   the notes. I’ve been lookin at what you’ve suggested but, can’t seem to get it
   all the way over. Here is my left and central column info, what do you think 
   might be wrong:
 * /* left and central column */
    .left_side { float: left; width: 100px; padding:
   0px 5px 8px 8px; } .right_side { float: right; width: 405px; margin: 0 5px 0 
   0; text-align: justify; }
 *  .article { padding: 0 5px 0 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; }
 *  [tonygeer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tonygeer/)
 * (@tonygeer)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/newb-needs-help/#post-404210)
 * If you’d like to increase the sizes of the columns, it should be as simple as
   increasing the number of pixels accordingly. If you have some sort of wrapper
   or container that contains the left_side and right_side you’d have to increase
   it accordingly too.
 * For example, if you increase the left side by 100px and the right side by 50px,
   you’d have to increase the wrapper or container by 150px to ensure that they 
   fit. This is of course, assuming you do have a wrapper or something similar.

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 * [width](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/width/)

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