Title: Post & Sidebar Size Width Issue
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Post & Sidebar Size Width Issue

 *  Resolved [daviaannette](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daviaannette/)
 * (@daviaannette)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-sidebar-size-width-issue/)
 * I made the sidebar wider, but it moved down the page because the post is too 
   wide.
 * **How do I make the post thinner?**
 * [http://blog.makemypinata.com/?p=1](http://blog.makemypinata.com/?p=1)

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 *  [CrouchingBruin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crouchingbruin/)
 * (@crouchingbruin)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-sidebar-size-width-issue/#post-4211064)
 * OK, I assume that you set the sidebar width to 299px in your theme’s custom CSS?
   You would do the same thing for the post area.
 * The main content area is divided into two sections, the post area, which has 
   an ID of **primary**, and the sidebar, which has an ID of **secondary**. It looks
   like you set **#secondary** to have a width of 299px. The width of the content
   area is 1020px, so 1020px – 299px = 721px left.
 * However, the sidebar also has a margin-left and a margin-right of 10px each, 
   so that’s 20 less px: 721px – 20px = 701px left. The post area also has a margin-
   right of 10px, so now you’re down to 701px – 10px = 691px. So that’s how much
   space you have left for your post area.
 * To set the width of the post area, add this rule to your custom CSS:
 *     ```
       #primary {
          width: 691px;
       }
       ```
   

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