Title: Right Margin Problems
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Right Margin Problems

 *  Resolved [mommy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mommy/)
 * (@mommy)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/right-margin-problems/)
 * My apologies up front if this issue has been resolved countless times before 
   but as if right now I am stumped.
 * [http://mymommysplace.com/blog/](http://mymommysplace.com/blog/)
 * The text has gone over the right margin as you can see. I have thought that this
   is a padding or margin error, however after changing both figures in the narrowcolumn
   section of the styles.css., no change could be seen. It appears to just be on
   the main page with the menu on the left, as the other pages are fine.
 * Is there another place I should toy around with to fix this problem?
 * Below is the styles.css – if this is unneccessary, I apologize.
 * /*
    Theme Name: WordPress Default Theme URI: [http://wordpress.org/](http://wordpress.org/)
   Description: The default WordPress theme based on the famous [Kubrick](http://binarybonsai.com/kubrick/).
   Version: 1.5 Author: Michael Heilemann Author URI: [http://binarybonsai.com/](http://binarybonsai.com/)
 *  Kubrick v1.5
    [http://binarybonsai.com/kubrick/](http://binarybonsai.com/kubrick/)
 *  Left sidebar modification: Adrian W Kingsley-Hughes – [http://www.pcdoctor-guide.com](http://www.pcdoctor-guide.com)
 *  This theme was designed and built by Michael Heilemann,
    whose blog you will
   find at [http://binarybonsai.com/](http://binarybonsai.com/)
 *  The CSS, XHTML and design is released under GPL:
    [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php)
 *  *** REGARDING IMAGES ***
    All CSS that involves the use of images, can be found
   in the ‘index.php’ file. This is to ease installation inside subdirectories of
   a server.
 *  Have fun, and don’t be afraid to contact me if you have questions.
    */
 * /* Begin Typography & Colors */
    body { font-size: 62.5%; /* Resets 1em to 10px*/
   font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; background-color: #
   d5d6d7; color: #333; text-align: center; }
 * #page {
    background-color: white; border: 1px solid #959596; text-align: left;}
 * #header {
    background-color: #73a0c5; }
 * #content {
    font-size: 1.2em }
 * .widecolumn .entry p {
    font-size: 1.05em; }
 * .narrowcolumn .entry, .widecolumn .entry {
    line-height: 1.4em; }
 * .widecolumn {
    line-height: 1.6em; }
 * .narrowcolumn .postmetadata {
    text-align: center; }
 * .alt {
    background-color: #f8f8f8; border-top: 1px solid #ddd; border-bottom:
   1px solid #ddd; }
 * #footer {
    background-color: #eee; }
 * small {
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 0.9em; line-height:
   1.5em; }
 * h1, h2, h3 {
    font-family: ‘Trebuchet MS’, ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, Sans-
   Serif; font-weight: bold; }
 * h1 {display:none;
    font-size: 4em; text-align: center; }
 * .description {display:none;
    font-size: 1.2em; text-align: center; }
 * h2 {
    font-size: 1.6em; }
 * h2.pagetitle {
    font-size: 1.6em; }
 * #sidebar h2 {
    font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Sans-Serif; font-size: 
   1.2em; }
 * h3 {
    font-size: 1.3em; }
 * h1, h1 a, h1 a:hover, h1 a:visited, .description {
    text-decoration: none; color:
   white; }
 * h2, h2 a, h2 a:visited, h3, h3 a, h3 a:visited {
    color: #333; }
 * h2, h2 a, h2 a:hover, h2 a:visited, h3, h3 a, h3 a:hover, h3 a:visited, #sidebar
   h2, #wp-calendar caption, cite {
    text-decoration: none; }
 * .entry p a:visited {
    color: #b85b5a; }
 * .commentlist li, #commentform input, #commentform textarea {
    font: 0.9em ‘Lucida
   Grande’, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; }
 * .commentlist li {
    font-weight: bold; }
 * .commentlist cite, .commentlist cite a {
    font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;
   font-size: 1.1em; }
 * .commentlist p {
    font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5em; text-transform: none;}
 * #commentform p {
    font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; }
 * .commentmetadata {
    font-weight: normal; }
 * #sidebar {
    font: 1em ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; }
 * small, #sidebar ul ul li, #sidebar ul ol li, .nocomments, .postmetadata, blockquote,
   strike {
    color: #777; }
 * code {
    font: 1.1em ‘Courier New’, Courier, Fixed; }
 * acronym, abbr, span.caps
    { font-size: 0.9em; letter-spacing: .07em; }
 * a, h2 a:hover, h3 a:hover {
    color: #06c; text-decoration: none; }
 * a:hover {
    color: #147; text-decoration: underline; }
 * #wp-calendar #prev a {
    font-size: 9pt; }
 * #wp-calendar a {
    text-decoration: none; }
 * #wp-calendar caption {
    font: bold 1.3em ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, Sans-
   Serif; text-align: center; }
 * #wp-calendar th {
    font-style: normal; text-transform: capitalize; } /* End Typography&
   Colors */
 * /* Begin Structure */
    body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
 * #page {
    background-color: white; margin: 20px auto; padding: 0; width: 760px;
   border: 1px solid #959596; }
 * #header {
    padding: 0; margin: 0 auto; height: 200px; width: 100%; background-
   color: #73a0c5; }
 * #headerimg {
    margin: 0; height: 200px; width: 100%; }
 * .narrowcolumn {
    float: right; //sidebar_on_right float right padding: 0 45px
   20px 20px; //sidebar_on_right tweak margin: 5px 0 0; width: 550px; //sidebar_on_right
   tweak }
 * .widecolumn {
    padding: 10px 0 20px 0; margin: 5px 0 0 150px; width: 450px; }
 * .post {
    margin: 0 0 0; text-align: justify; }
 * .widecolumn .post {
    margin: 0; }
 * .narrowcolumn .postmetadata {
    padding-top: 5px; }
 * .widecolumn .postmetadata {
    margin: 30px 0; }
 * .widecolumn .smallattachment {
    text-align: center; float: left; width: 128px;
   margin: 5px 5px 5px 0px; }
 * .widecolumn .attachment {
    text-align: center; margin: 5px 0px; }
 * .postmetadata {
    clear: left; }
 * #footer {
    margin: 0 auto; width: 760px; clear: both; }
 * #footer p {
    margin: 0; padding: 20px 0; text-align: center; } /* End Structure*/
 * /* Begin Headers */
    h1 { padding-top: 70px; margin: 0; }
 * .description {
    text-align: center; }
 * h2 {
    margin: 30px 0 0; }
 * h2.pagetitle {
    margin-top: 30px; text-align: center; }
 * #sidebar h2 {
    margin: 5px 0 0; padding: 0; }
 * h3 {
    padding: 0; margin: 30px 0 0; }
 * h3.comments {
    padding: 0; margin: 40px auto 20px ; } /* End Headers */
 * /* Begin Images */
    p img { padding: 0; max-width: 100%; }
 * /* Using ‘class=”alignright”‘ on an image will (who would’ve
    thought?!) align
   the image to the right. And using ‘class=”centered’, will of course center the
   image. This is much better than using align=”center”, being much more futureproof(
   and valid) */
 * img.centered {
    display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }
 * img.alignright {
    padding: 4px; margin: 0 0 2px 7px; display: inline; }
 * img.alignleft {
    padding: 4px; margin: 0 7px 2px 0; display: inline; }
 * .alignright {
    float: right; }
 * .alignleft {
    float: left } /* End Images */
 * /* Begin Lists
 *  Special stylized non-IE bullets
    Do not work in Internet Explorer, which merely
   default to normal bullets. */
 * html>body .entry ul {
    margin-left: 0px; padding: 0 0 0 30px; list-style: none;
   padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px; }
 * html>body .entry li {
    margin: 7px 0 8px 10px; }
 * .entry ul li:before, #sidebar ul ul li:before {
    content: “0BB 020”; }
 * .entry ol {
    padding: 0 0 0 35px; margin: 0; }
 * .entry ol li {
    margin: 0; padding: 0; }
 * .postmetadata ul, .postmetadata li {
    display: inline; list-style-type: none;
   list-style-image: none; }
 * #sidebar ul, #sidebar ul ol {
    margin: 0; padding: 0; }
 * #sidebar ul li {
    list-style-type: none; list-style-image: none; margin-bottom:
   15px; }
 * #sidebar ul p, #sidebar ul select {
    margin: 5px 0 8px; }
 * #sidebar ul ul, #sidebar ul ol {
    margin: 5px 0 0 10px; }
 * #sidebar ul ul ul, #sidebar ul ol {
    margin: 0 0 0 10px; }
 * ol li, #sidebar ul ol li {
    list-style: decimal outside; }
 * #sidebar ul ul li, #sidebar ul ol li {
    margin: 3px 0 0; padding: 0; } /* End
   Entry Lists */
 * /* Begin Form Elements */
    #searchform { margin: 10px auto; padding: 5px 3px;
   text-align: center; }
 * #sidebar #searchform #s {
    width: 115px; padding: 2px; }
 * #sidebar #searchsubmit {
    padding: 1px; }
 * .entry form { /* This is mainly for password protected posts, makes them look
   better. */
    text-align:center; }
 * select {
    width: 130px; }
 * #commentform input {
    width: 170px; padding: 2px; margin: 5px 5px 1px 0; }
 * #commentform textarea {
    width: 100%; padding: 2px; }
 * #commentform #submit {
    margin: 0; float: right; } /* End Form Elements */
 * /* Begin Comments*/
    .alt { margin: 0; padding: 10px; }
 * .commentlist {
    padding: 0; text-align: justify; }
 * .commentlist li {
    margin: 15px 0 3px; padding: 5px 10px 3px; list-style: none;}
 * .commentlist p {
    margin: 10px 5px 10px 0; }
 * #commentform p {
    margin: 5px 0; }
 * .nocomments {
    text-align: center; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
 * .commentmetadata {
    margin: 0; display: block; } /* End Comments */
 * /* Begin Sidebar */
    #sidebar { padding: 20px 0 10px 0; margin-right: 545px; //
   sidebar_on_right change the margin width: 190px; margin-left: 25px; //sidebar_on_right
   margin tweak }
 * #sidebar form {
    margin: 0; } /* End Sidebar */
 * /* Begin Calendar */
    #wp-calendar { empty-cells: show; margin: 10px auto 0; 
   width: 155px; }
 * #wp-calendar #next a {
    padding-right: 10px; text-align: right; }
 * #wp-calendar #prev a {
    padding-left: 10px; text-align: left; }
 * #wp-calendar a {
    display: block; }
 * #wp-calendar caption {
    text-align: center; width: 100%; }
 * #wp-calendar td {
    padding: 3px 0; text-align: center; }
 * #wp-calendar td.pad:hover { /* Doesn’t work in IE */
    background-color: #fff;}/*
   End Calendar */
 * /* Begin Various Tags & Classes */
    acronym, abbr, span.caps { cursor: help; }
 * acronym, abbr {
    border-bottom: 1px dashed #999; }
 * blockquote {
    margin: 15px 30px 0 10px; padding-left: 20px; border-left: 5px 
   solid #ddd; }
 * blockquote cite {
    margin: 5px 0 0; display: block; }
 * .center {
    text-align: center; }
 * hr {
    display: none; }
 * a img {
    border: none; }
 * .navigation {
    display: block; text-align: center; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom:
   60px; }
 * #navbar {
    margin: 0 10px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom:
   3px; padding-left: 0px; font: 12px Verdana, Lucinda Grande, Arial, Helvetica,
   Sans-Serif; background: white; }
 * #navbar a {
    padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-
   left: 12px; background: #d5d6d7; color: #06c; text-decoration: none; }
 * #navbar a:hover {
    background: white; color: #111; }
 * /* End Various Tags & Classes*/

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 *  [ktinkel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ktinkel/)
 * (@ktinkel)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/right-margin-problems/#post-429952)
 * I did not attempt to unravel your CSS, but did look at the page in the Web Developer
   extension in Firefox (which has several tools that are very useful for debugging
   pages).
 * The main problem seems to be in the widths of the two major things: #sidebar 
   and #narrowcolumn. They amount to 740px PLUS about 30px in margins (total of 
   770px or so). They sit in #page (which defines the colored frame) of 760px. The
   right edge of #narrowcolumn is outside of the visual frame, so the text is too.
 * Narrowcolumn and sidebar DIVs overlap each other as well.
 * Hope that helps.
 * Kathleen
 *  Thread Starter [mommy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mommy/)
 * (@mommy)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/right-margin-problems/#post-430047)
 * Thanks for the insight – it helped so much!

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

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 * Last reply from: [mommy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mommy/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/right-margin-problems/#post-430047)
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