Title: Change page width
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Change page width

 *  Resolved [nort7053](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nort7053/)
 * (@nort7053)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-page-width/)
 * I’m a novice to this very comprehensive “scripting”. How can I increase my page
   width? decrease margins?

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 *  [zex2911](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zex2911/)
 * (@zex2911)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-page-width/#post-2855903)
 * post link to your site, and maybe i’ll be able to help you.
 *  Thread Starter [nort7053](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nort7053/)
 * (@nort7053)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-page-width/#post-2855906)
 * [http://www.jtienergy.com/wordpress](http://www.jtienergy.com/wordpress) Pick
   the Northfield page. I want to make the text as wide as the graphic above it.
 * Tks
    Sam
 *  [zex2911](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zex2911/)
 * (@zex2911)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-page-width/#post-2855908)
 * if you want to do it on every page open your style.css, and delete line 98 where
   you have width:640px;
 * If you want to do it only on that page add this to your css file, at line
    100
   add this
 *     ```
       .page-id-82 .one-column #content {
       width: 960px;
       }
       ```
   
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-page-width/#post-2855909)
 * **No!** Do not edit the Twenty Eleven theme. It is the default WordPress theme
   and having access to an **unedited** version of the theme is vital when dealing
   with a range of site issues. First [create a child theme for your changes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes).
 *  Thread Starter [nort7053](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nort7053/)
 * (@nort7053)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-page-width/#post-2855924)
 * For this novice, we would call this, “…Mr. Toad’s wild ride…”…
 * I made a copy of folder twentyeleven and named it twentyelevenCopy keeping it
   in the themes folder.
 * I see a file named editor-style.css? Is this my target now?
 * And thanks very much zex2911 for getting me pointed.
    And tks esmi for the caution.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-page-width/#post-2855926)
 * Please do not edit Twenty Eleven. [Download a basic Twenty Eleven child theme](http://quirm.net/themes/twenty-eleven-child/)
 *  Thread Starter [nort7053](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nort7053/)
 * (@nort7053)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-page-width/#post-2855942)
 * I now have a styles.css in a twentyeleven-child folder. And I see:
 * /* Import layout */
    [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/) url(../
   twentyeleven/style.css);
 * in my editor… but do not see where I can edit..
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-page-width/#post-2855968)
 * Now try adding:
 *     ```
       .one-column #content {
       width: auto;
       }
       ```
   
 * to the child’s stylesheet.
 *  Thread Starter [nort7053](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nort7053/)
 * (@nort7053)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-page-width/#post-2855981)
 * I just added to the end of the file:
 * The license for this software can also likely be found here:
    [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)*/
 * /* Import layout */
    [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/) url(../
   twentyeleven/style.css);
 * .one-column #content {
    width: auto; }
 * is this what you suggested? Did not kick in yet.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-page-width/#post-2855985)
 * Can you post a link to a one-column page?
 *  [loughcorrib](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loughcorrib/)
 * (@loughcorrib)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-page-width/#post-2855988)
 * Add the code Esmi supplied to the file “style.css”
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-page-width/#post-2855991)
 * The CSS is there OK but I can’t see any one-column pages on the site. [http://jtienergy.com/wordpress/?page_id=82](http://jtienergy.com/wordpress/?page_id=82)
   is two-column according to the body tag CSS.
 * **[@nort7053](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nort7053/)**: If you want to
   widen the content area on all single Post pages and single Pages, replace:
 *     ```
       .one-column #content {
       width: auto;
       }
       ```
   
 * with
 *     ```
       .singular #content {
       margin-left:0;
       margin-right:0;
       }
       .singular .entry-header, .singular .entry-content, .singular footer.entry-meta, .singular #comments-title {
           width: 94%;
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [nort7053](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nort7053/)
 * (@nort7053)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-page-width/#post-2855995)
 * BRAVO… That did it… you folks are truly talented, developers and make this stuff
   look/sound easier than it is… at least first brush. What language are you (we)
   scripting in, really?… .css ?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-page-width/#post-2855996)
 * That was all CSS. If you fancy learning more about it, the following two resources
   are good starting & reference points:
    [CSS Tutorials](http://www.w3schools.com/css/)
   [Learning CSS](http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/learning)
 *  Thread Starter [nort7053](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nort7053/)
 * (@nort7053)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-page-width/#post-2856025)
 * my son is a developer very big on silverlight and many other associated technologies..
   I’m struggling to understand.. but very much see the results..
 * Tks again. I’m all set…. for now.

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