Title: Changing Sidebar width and Content Area width.
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Changing Sidebar width and Content Area width.

 *  [skript03](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skript03/)
 * (@skript03)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-sidebar-width-and-content-area-width/)
 * I’ve searched the forum in great detail, and altered the php files and css files
   in my theme directory. Here is what I’ve been able to figure out so far.
 * -how to make the content area bigger
    -how to make the menu thinner
 * I cannot get the menu to move with the scaling of the content area. They overlap
   when I increase the width of the content area. How do you get the menu to move
   with the size of the content area?

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 *  [Alex Cragg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epicalex/)
 * (@epicalex)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-sidebar-width-and-content-area-width/#post-602964)
 * give us a link so we can see what you mean, its easier to help that way.
 * at a guess though, you need to have your content and menu wrapped in a larger
   container that has room for the expansion
 *  [Navie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/navie/)
 * (@navie)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-sidebar-width-and-content-area-width/#post-603255)
 * I’m trying out this theme right now, [http://www.plaintxt.org/themes/barthelme/](http://www.plaintxt.org/themes/barthelme/)
   version 4.1
 * The test page is here: [http://themes.wordpress.net/columns/2-columns/107/barthelme-101/](http://themes.wordpress.net/columns/2-columns/107/barthelme-101/)
 * The sidebar is really cramped, is there a way to widen it to at least 210px? 
   Will widening it hurt other areas?

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Navie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/navie/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-sidebar-width-and-content-area-width/#post-603255)
 * Status: not resolved

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