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1. SlikVik
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'm a noob when it comes to WordPress or any kind of web design for that matter. Today, I installed the 'News Magazine Theme 640 1.6.3' for my blog at http://www.sqsaparade.com. I've decided that I don't need the additional custom sidebar on the right hand side, so I've hidden it. Now, there is just whitespace there. I'd like to have the text on the pages span the entire width of the body, so that there isn't any white space on the right-hand side. How can I do this? Thank you!

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Try editing syle.css and changing:

   .postareaindex {
   float:left;
   margin:0 auto;
   padding:10px;
   width:550px;
   }

   to:

   .postareaindex {
   float:left;
   margin:0 auto 0 180px;
   padding:10px;
   }

3. SlikVik
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thank you for the suggestion. I did as you suggested and it only centered the existing text on the page. The margins of the body (or post area) remained the same and did not span the entire page. Also, it only made this change for the home page and not the rest of the site. I'd like it to be site-wide. Any other ideas? Thank you.

   -Vik

4. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 2 years ago #

   try also to change the width of #indexentry and .entry from 480px to 800px (or what you think is needed):
   

   #indexentry { width: 800px; }
   .entry { width:800px; }

   look for them in the style.css and change the numbers.

5. SlikVik
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thank you. That did the trick!

6. SlikVik
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I updated the theme and repeated the steps above, but I am getting a huge blank white space on the home page http://www.sqsaparade.com Any ideas?

   I even reduced the margins down to 680 on both the .entry and #indexentry fields, thinking that perhaps it was too wide, and that didn't work.

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