If you are new to this it is probably better for you just to change the facebook size. In the code for facebook find.
height: 300px; width: 292px;
A good width for your theme would be 220px. Change it and see if you like it.
hi ive been changing this but it automacially set the size on the facebook widget to 292, can i make the side bar 292 anyway??? many thanks for the fast and helpful post from martin
To make your sidebar bigger you are going to have to redo images too. For your theme it is not very easy to do.
Put the below code in your site and see how it looks.
<iframe id="f76a8e46bfab2a" class="fb_ltr" scrolling="no" name="f1f43a18ba9c994" style="border: medium none; overflow: hidden; height: 300px; width: 220px;" src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?api_key=&locale=en_US&sdk=joey&channel=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter.php%3Fversion%3D18%23cb%3Df24b728bd277bae%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.artvinylgraphics.com%252Ff10d3a01c0ae2a%26domain%3Dwww.artvinylgraphics.com%26relation%3Dparent.parent&height=300&header=false&show_faces=true&stream=false&width=220&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FArtvinylgraphics&colorscheme=light">
hi yes i copy and paste that, but now the code for the sidebar has all gone, and the side bar disappeared, is that a backup file anywhere?> many thanks
Forgot the </iframe> at the end.
Use
<iframe id="f76a8e46bfab2a" class="fb_ltr" scrolling="no" name="f1f43a18ba9c994" style="border: medium none; overflow: hidden; height: 300px; width: 220px;" src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?api_key=&locale=en_US&sdk=joey&channel=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter.php%3Fversion%3D18%23cb%3Df24b728bd277bae%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.artvinylgraphics.com%252Ff10d3a01c0ae2a%26domain%3Dwww.artvinylgraphics.com%26relation%3Dparent.parent&height=300&header=false&show_faces=true&stream=false&width=220&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FArtvinylgraphics&colorscheme=light"></iframe>
hi brillant that looks miles better ive deleted the facebook widget and just used the code you supplyed it better now, thanks for your help