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1. rorinz
   Member
   Posted 12 months ago #

   Hi, I am a complete beginner at WordPress and am using the Twenty Eleven Theme. I want to increase the width of the single posts. How can I do that?

   Thanks in advance

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 12 months ago #

   Twenty Ten or Twenty eleven? The latter theme hasn't been released yet.

3. rorinz
   Member
   Posted 12 months ago #

   Actually I had downloaded WordPress 3.2 Beta. But using WP 3.1.3 on my Production Site. Twenty Eleven is included in the beta

4. stacyvlasits
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   You will need to modify the css.

   In your admin panel go to:
   Appearance -> Editor

   Then on the left look for style.css

   When you click on that file look for this text:
   

   #content {
   margin: 0 34% 0 7.6%;
   width: 58.4%;
   }

   To make it wider, increase the width percentage and decrease the second value in the margin by a corresponding amount.

   If you have a sidebar, you will have to decrease its width by a similar amount:

   Find:
   

   #secondary {
   float: right;
   margin-right: 7.6%;
   width: 18.8%;
   }

   Then decrease the width by an amount that corresponds to the values you used above.

5. sobr-rf
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   thanks for information ... I needed it too :D
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6. lulubell138
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Hi, I have a margin question as well for twenty eleven theme that i hope all can help with: under the header, there is a huge gap of space before the content begins... how do i narrow that space? here is my site so you can check it out... thank you sooo much in advance!!!! http://cheaptshirtsfast.com/

   Lee Ann

7. fifelskik
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   @lulubell138 - it looks like you may be able to reduce some of the space by finding .singular.page .hentry in your style.css file and changing it's properties to

   .singular.page .hentry {
   padding: 0;
   }

8. jghicks
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Another Twenty Eleven question: I have tried changing settings so that time and date both show on posts. I have tried a variety of configurations with the radio boxes to do that and yet it keeps defaulting to full month, day date and doesn't include the time.
   What I am missing? Thanks.

9. u2smg
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   I have a couple of questions about Twenty Eleven too. I am pretty much a newb. I used a different theme before and had no problems (it didn't use the loop, so it was easier for me to understand and edit).

   Anyway...

   1. The home page shows the sidebar. But when I click through to an individual post or page, the sidebar disappears. Useless! How do I get the sidebar to show up on ALL individual posts, pages, category pages, etc.?
   2. I don't want the POSTED ON date to show, but rather the LAST UPDATED ON date. Is there a way to do that? I looked through the various template tages, but didn't really see anything about that. Also, I didn't see in the theme files where to even EDIT that information (again, the loop makes me feel stupid).

   I guess that's it for now. I really appreciate any help you can give. I feel so STUPID. I miss hand coding everything, at least I knew how to do it. WP makes me feel so dumb.

10. fifelskik
    Member
    Posted 10 months ago #

    @jghicks, I think the time display has something to do with the twentyeleven_posted_on function. This theme does that strangely. One way to add the time would be to edit the content.php file and add the time after the posted_on function. It would look like this:

    <div class="entry-meta">
    <?php twentyeleven_posted_on(); ?> at <?php the_time('g:i a') ?>
    </div><!-- .entry-meta -->

11. fifelskik
    Member
    Posted 10 months ago #

    @u2smg, here is a link to an article on how to add the sidebar to your other pages. I hate that WordPress has done that in this theme.

    In your content.php file, you could try to edit the entry-meta lines to add the last modified info like this:

    <div class="entry-meta">
    <?php twentyeleven_posted_on(); ?> <p>Last modified: <?php the_modified_date(); ?></p>
    </div><!-- .entry-meta -->

12. alchymyth
    The Sweeper
    Posted 10 months ago #

    How do I get the sidebar to show up on ALL individual posts, pages, category pages, etc.?

    to get this to work in a child theme, see: http://www.transformationpowertools.com/wordpress/twenty-eleven-sidebar-on-single-posts-and-pages

    I don't want the POSTED ON date to show, but rather the LAST UPDATED ON date.

    you can copy the function twentyeleven_posted_on() from functions.php of Twenty Eleven into functions.php of your child theme, and edit it there;
    change: Posted on
    to: Last Updated on
    and change: esc_html( get_the_date() ),
    to: esc_html( get_the_modified_date() ),

13. Mike Walker
    Member
    Posted 9 months ago #

    I just posted a new plugin that address two of the most common complaints about the Twenty Eleven theme, lack of sidebars on some pages and the height of the header images:

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twenty-eleven-theme-extensions/

    All you need to do get the sidebars back is install the plugin, go to the Theme Extensions page and click a couple of checkboxes.

    It also provides a convenient place to put your CSS tweaks so you don't have to go in and edit any of the theme files, and there are a couple of other options too. Online help is provided.

14. u2smg
    Member
    Posted 9 months ago #

    love the plugin! just installed it and it seems to work great!

15. jwmci
    Member
    Posted 7 months ago #

    How do I add RSS Links to Twenty Eleven?

16. ColleenK
    Member
    Posted 7 months ago #

    I have just recently installed WordPress again (I used it back in 2005!) I hadn't gotten EVERYTHING set up the way I wanted, but I was close..I was using Theme 2010 My server uses WP version 3.1.4. Everything worked fine in 2010..I installed TwentyEleven, played with widgets for a couple of min then went to check the look .. I saw NOTHING NADA.. it's completely blank..No server error not one letter of text or one pixel of a header image WHAT is up wit this? is anyone else experiencing this? Just as an FYI.. I switched from 2010 to 2011 because I wanted flexible width.. 2010 was doing everything right.. 2011 broke everything

17. Chip Bennett
    Member
    Posted 7 months ago #

    @ColleenK:

    Please start your own thread, for your own issue.

18. jayadim
    Member
    Posted 7 months ago #

    hi, just wondering if anyone can help me. i have just installed the twenty eleven theme and none of my menus/posts are showing up. i had the twenty ten theme before and it worked fine and my two custom menus, tags and recent posts were showing up just fine. I have played around with the widgets and menus but i don't know what the issue could be. Can anyone help. thanks. Jay

19. Chip Bennett
    Member
    Posted 7 months ago #

    @jayadim:

    Please start your own thread, for your own issue.

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