Title: Content Wider
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Content Wider

 *  [BigDenMD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bigdenmd/)
 * (@bigdenmd)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-wider/)
 * Is there a way to make the content portion of my web site wider? If you go to
   the site you’ll see wide brown margins on either side. It seems like a waste 
   to not have the content take more space. I’ve looked for an answer but there 
   seems to be as many answers as there are web sites.
    I’m using Twenty Ten. [http://kirkridgearp.com/](http://kirkridgearp.com/)

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-wider/#post-2292236)
 * Don’t edit the Twenty Ten theme. Instead [create a child theme for your customisations](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes).
   Once your child theme is active, we should be able to help with the customisation.
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-wider/#post-2292256)
 * [http://vudu.me/hi](http://vudu.me/hi)
 * Once you’ve followed [@esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)’s advice
   regarding creating a child theme, my article may help you a little. It’s got 
   some information on working with twentyten’s width
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-wider/#post-2292257)
 * And you can download a starter Twenty Ten child theme from [http://quirm.net/themes/twenty-ten-child/](http://quirm.net/themes/twenty-ten-child/)
 *  Thread Starter [BigDenMD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bigdenmd/)
 * (@bigdenmd)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-wider/#post-2292268)
 * Thanks for the replys! I am at work so can’t create child theme right now. Also,
   while it may be easy I have never done it. I’m sure once I create one I’ll say‘
   Oh, that was easy!!’I read a little of Rev. Voodoo’s site and will use that as
   a reference.
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-wider/#post-2292272)
 * The concept is fairly simple. What you need to understand when adjusting the 
   width of any portion of a theme is the math, and css relationship.
 * You have an overall width, and then you have various elements, along with margins,
   padding, etc
 * You have to be able to visualize the content, each element is a box. Padding 
   and margins add width. If elements are inside of other elements…. such as the
   content box within the overall page layout… you have to remember the relationships
 * If you widen the content area, the overall page must be widened the same amount,
   or else the margins need adjusted or the sidebar, etc. Essentially you need to
   have space for everything. If your content, sidebar, margins and padding are 
   adjusted, and end up being wider than the containing page, something will break.
   Normally the sidebar ends up shifting under the content in this case.
 *  Thread Starter [BigDenMD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bigdenmd/)
 * (@bigdenmd)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-wider/#post-2292277)
 * Understand about the elements of the site, just wish it could be easier!
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-wider/#post-2292278)
 * Try using Firefox with the Firebug add-on for this kind of work.
 *  Thread Starter [BigDenMD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bigdenmd/)
 * (@bigdenmd)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-wider/#post-2292281)
 * Thanks for the tip! I’ll do that!
 *  Thread Starter [BigDenMD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bigdenmd/)
 * (@bigdenmd)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-wider/#post-2292339)
 * I created a child theme. I cheated, I found a plugin that created the child. 
   I had to change the header picture and the background color back to what it was
   since they were changed. Everything else looks the same.

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