Title: Posts width/margin problem after moving sidebar
Last modified: August 19, 2016
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# Posts width/margin problem after moving sidebar
* Resolved [Trailmix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trailmix/)
* (@trailmix)
* [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-widthmargin-problem-after-moving-sidebar/)
* I’m using the theme Live by herdo.com which started out having the main body
on the left and a double column right sidebar. I made it a single sidebar on
the left, main body on the right. All my static pages display fine but on my
posts page (named Blog), the sidebar moves up and right, the menu drops lower,
and the posts want to take the entire page width. See the problem here: [http://www.brazilministry.com/blog/](http://brazilministry.com/blog/).
I want the posts to be 700px width on the right side of the page like the static
pages. I hope if I fix that, the menu and sidebar will also display correctly.
* Thanks for any help! I’m new to WordPress and css.
-Kristina
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* [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
* (@esmi)
* [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-widthmargin-problem-after-moving-sidebar/#post-1129821)
* Start by taking the `` and `1 tags **out** of the text widget.
* Thread Starter [Trailmix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trailmix/)
* (@trailmix)
* [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-widthmargin-problem-after-moving-sidebar/#post-1129868)
* Ok, done, but that didn’t change the problem……….
* Thread Starter [Trailmix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trailmix/)
* (@trailmix)
* [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-widthmargin-problem-after-moving-sidebar/#post-1129959)
* I’m wondering if this could be caused by a missing or extra div or /div tag?
And if so, where would I look for that? Or what else could be the problem?? (
oh, and I got rid of the text box – didn’t need it anyway)
* Thanks,
Kristina
* [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
* (@alchymyth)
* [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-widthmargin-problem-after-moving-sidebar/#post-1129962)
* check if you have included the sidebar before the top-nav in either single.php
or index.php (or whatever php file you use for ‘blog’).
* Thread Starter [Trailmix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trailmix/)
* (@trailmix)
* [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-widthmargin-problem-after-moving-sidebar/#post-1129985)
* I don’t see top-nav in either of those files, but I did find the php code for
the navigation.php file. Anyway, the sidebar is before that in the index.php
but not in single.php. I moved it up and still no change. I also have a file
called page.php and I’m not really sure what it’s for, but I found the sidebar
and moved it up above the navigation there too, but still have the problem. Any
other suggestions?
* [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
* (@alchymyth)
* [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-widthmargin-problem-after-moving-sidebar/#post-1129986)
* if you look, you now have the problem on all pages! sorry, mate. you have to
undo it all – moving it up was the wrong direction.
you need the sidebar below
the navigation. PS: i probably worded it a bit unclear the first time.
* Thread Starter [Trailmix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trailmix/)
* (@trailmix)
* [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-widthmargin-problem-after-moving-sidebar/#post-1129988)
* Ok, I just saw that LOL. Well at least I’m getting closer to the solution. I
fixed it in the single.php and page.php which I messed with, and so I guess I
can assume it’s the index.php that is showing my blog page. It looks like the
sidebar was originally in the wrong place there, but I tried moving it down and,
well, the menu is in the right place now but the sidebar is below everything,
and the posts still want to take the entire width of the page.
* Thank you for your help and patience.
* Thread Starter [Trailmix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trailmix/)
* (@trailmix)
* [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-widthmargin-problem-after-moving-sidebar/#post-1129989)
* I think I have the sidebar in the right place now… but something is still not
right, aarrrghh.
* [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
* (@alchymyth)
* [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-widthmargin-problem-after-moving-sidebar/#post-1129990)
* see if you can find something in the index.php like (with a lot of ) –
ie. the ‘wordpress loop’:
* ```
```
* at least the last before the is too much.
* Thread Starter [Trailmix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trailmix/)
* (@trailmix)
* [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-widthmargin-problem-after-moving-sidebar/#post-1129992)
* Found it! I took out the last and now the posts all line up in their column
the correct width. THANK YOU!
* The sidebar is still too far left. Any ideas?
* You’re obviously good at this and I really appreciate you helping a newbie 🙂
* [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
* (@alchymyth)
* [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-widthmargin-problem-after-moving-sidebar/#post-1129993)
* it’s a cheat:
in index.php, just before you call the sidebar, after the that closes the ‘top-nav’ include following code: `
` this wedges an invisible cube to the left of
the sidebar and forces it 20px to the right. my simulation looked alright in
IE7 and firefox.
* kind of trial and error.
if it does not work, there will be another solution
😉 fingers crossed.
* Thread Starter [Trailmix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trailmix/)
* (@trailmix)
* [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-widthmargin-problem-after-moving-sidebar/#post-1130001)
* Looks like that will work well enough. Thanks again. I still need to figure out
why the date jumps to the right of the title when I select a single post, but
at least the site is presentable.
* Just curious – how do you do a simulation?
* [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
* (@alchymyth)
* [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-widthmargin-problem-after-moving-sidebar/#post-1130008)
* i can check websites in two ways:
first, in my browser, i go to ‘view’ ‘source’
and than copy/paste the code into dreamweaver – then i can check validation etc.
sometimes i have to copy/paste the style.css as well, and some of the picture
files. second, in firefox i use the developers plugin, that allows to play with
the styles and the html in realtime on the screen. it can also highligh page
elements, images, and much more. obviously, i only get to see the html generated
by the php files, that leaves some guesswork. from there it is logic, exclusion
or confirmation of ideas, etc – very much like SODUKO 🙂
* with the date display in your blog – just compare the two files – index.php and
single.php EXACTLY word for word, and look for the difference in the arrangement
of the
s and other structural elements. then use the arrangement of the
file you leike better, and implement it into the other file. always keep track
of opening/closing tags.
* [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
* (@alchymyth)
* [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-widthmargin-problem-after-moving-sidebar/#post-1130010)
* look at the code structure of index.php versus single.php (where the post title
and date shows):
* ```
```
* if you look very close, the only difference in the structure is a ‘
’ in the index.php – the way you want to have the design – and a ‘
’ in the single.php.
in the single.php, just change this to
– voila! both desings should look the same.
* i love sodukos 😉
* Thread Starter [Trailmix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trailmix/)
* (@trailmix)
* [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-widthmargin-problem-after-moving-sidebar/#post-1130025)
* As I was falling asleep last night it occurred to me to check for exactly that—
looks like I’m just one step slow. I’m sure I messed it up tinkering with fr
and fl when I moved the original sidebar to the left side. I thought I had put
them back correctly but I missed this one.
* I’ll have to check out the firefox plugin. Seems quite useful.
* Funny you mentioned sudoku – I like them too 🙂
* Thanks again for helping me conquer my first WordPress site. My sister (who it’s
for) is very pleased with it, and I am too.
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