Title: Need Help with Content Alignment
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Need Help with Content Alignment

 *  Resolved [thesocialmetamorph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thesocialmetamorph/)
 * (@thesocialmetamorph)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-content-alignment/)
 * Hi there, the content on my site is all pushed too far to the right. The headers
   line up perfectly where they should be but then there’s this huge gap between
   them and the content. I’d just like to center all the content on all pages. Also,
   on the shop page, I have 2 vertical lines showing up next to the content, I’d
   like to get rid of those lines.
 * I’m brand new to CSS, just taught myself a bit yesterday. Could someone please
   take a look at rougelace.com and tell me what I need to adjust in my CSS to get
   the result I’m looking for? I’d be forever grateful! Thanks in advance.

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 *  [Stacy Kvernmo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funstacy/)
 * (@funstacy)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-content-alignment/#post-6041426)
 * Which theme are you using?
 * Without being able to view your site or look at the theme it is hard to say. 
   Also, know that if you copy/paste content in the editor when in Visual Mode (
   top right of the editor area), then it will paste any inline styles. If you have
   extra <p> tags in there, it sill keep them as separate paragraphs.
 *  [CrouchingBruin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crouchingbruin/)
 * (@crouchingbruin)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-content-alignment/#post-6041530)
 * So it looks like you’re making changes directly to the theme’s stylesheet. You
   should be aware that editing the theme files directly is not suggested. If the
   theme gets updated because of feature enhancements, bug fixes, or security patches,
   or if the theme has to be updated because of a change to the WordPress core, 
   then your changes will be lost. Instead, either create a [child theme](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
   or use a CSS plugin like Jetpack or [Custom CSS Manager](http://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-css-manager-plugin/).
 * What’s causing the content to shift to the right is the `float:right;` property
   in this rule:
 *     ```
       .postEntry {float:right; width:530px; padding:15px 20px 30px 0;}
       ```
   
 * You can add these rules to clear the float, center the content, and remove the
   double lines to the left of the store page:
 *     ```
       #content {
       	border: 0;
       }
       .page .postEntry,
       #content {
          float: none;
          margin: 0 auto;
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [thesocialmetamorph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thesocialmetamorph/)
 * (@thesocialmetamorph)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-content-alignment/#post-6041846)
 * I’m so sorry, I don’t know how I didn’t see these responses before. CrouchingBruin,
   I just made the changes you suggested and it worked on all pages except the blog
   page. There is still a huge amount of space between the post and the tags on 
   left hand side. Any thoughts? And I’m using Custom CSS now that I know better,
   thank you 🙂
 *  [CrouchingBruin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crouchingbruin/)
 * (@crouchingbruin)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-content-alignment/#post-6041847)
 * Just modify the second rule to look like this:
 *     ```
       .blog .postEntry,
       .page .postEntry,
       #content {
          float: none;
          margin: 0 auto;
       }
       ```
   
 * You may also want to adjust the width of the content on the blog page, which 
   is currently 530px. It’s 630px on your non-blog pages, so you may want add a 
   rule like this:
 *     ```
       .blog .postEntry {
          width: 630px;
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [thesocialmetamorph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thesocialmetamorph/)
 * (@thesocialmetamorph)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-content-alignment/#post-6041849)
 * Done and done and she looks great! Thank so much 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [thesocialmetamorph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thesocialmetamorph/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-content-alignment/#post-6041849)
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