Title: Screen View
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Screen View

 *  [careermentors](https://wordpress.org/support/users/careermentors/)
 * (@careermentors)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/screen-view/)
 * Is it possible to edit the screen view so the blog fills the whole screen? My
   blog address is [http://www.careeradvice.ie](http://www.careeradvice.ie)
 * Any advice would be really appreciated!
    Thanks Mairead

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 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/screen-view/#post-1323683)
 * It is possible…
 * The best way is to find a fluid width theme. If you are set on the theme you 
   have, you’ll need to edit style.css
 * You can adjust the width to 100% rather than a pixel (px) value
 * But chances are the layout is based on the width being set where it is. If you
   adjust that value, you’ll probably have to mess with your layout to keep things
   looking nice.
 * If you don’t know a lot of css, the best way is to find a theme that already 
   does what you like….
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/atahualpa](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/atahualpa)
   
   is one example of a quite flexible theme, you can change all sorts of settings
   without getting into code, and it can be set to be fluid, and fill the entire
   screen
 *  Thread Starter [careermentors](https://wordpress.org/support/users/careermentors/)
 * (@careermentors)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/screen-view/#post-1323692)
 * Hi there
    Thanks for this – ideally id like to keep with the theme I have. I 
   was wondering if you could identify which part I should change on the edit style.
   css – last time I touched this I made a total mess of it and had to spend hours
   sort it! Ive copied the first section……could you outline what i need to change
   and put XXXXXX, so I knwo where the change is! Would really appreciate it! Sorry–
   Im still getting my head around wordpress Thanks Mairead
 * Theme Name: meadowland
    Theme URI: [http://www.wpcosmos.com/2008/09/16/free-wordpress-theme-meadowland/](http://www.wpcosmos.com/2008/09/16/free-wordpress-theme-meadowland/)
   Description: 2 column, with RHS widget sidebar, GPL v3 licence Version: 1.2 Tags:
   fixed width, two columns, widget ready, widgets, white Author: WpCosmos Author
   URI: [http://www.wpcosmos.com/](http://www.wpcosmos.com/) */
 * body {
    margin: 0; padding: 0; color: #333; text-align:center; font-family:Verdana,
   Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 100.1%; background: #fff; }
 * #wrapper{
    width: 770px; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; text-align:left; font-
   size: 75%; line-height:20px; background: #fff; border-left: 2px solid #fff; border-
   right: 2px solid #fff; }
 * #header{
    padding: 1px 0px; margin: 0; background: #ccc; height:100px; }
 * #header-inner{
    margin:0; padding:0; }
 * #content{
    clear:both; margin: 0; padding: 5px 5px 5px 10px; background:#fff;}
 * #main {
    width: 550px; float:left; margin: 0; padding: 5px 0 10px 0; overflow:
   hidden; }
 * #sidebar {
    padding: 0; margin: 0 0 0 560px; background: #fff; }
 * #footer {
    clear: both; margin: 0; padding: 10px 16px; text-align: center; font-
   size: 85%;
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/screen-view/#post-1323697)
 *     ```
       #wrapper{
       width: 100%;
       margin: 0px auto;
       padding: 0px;
       text-align:left;
       font-size: 75%;
       line-height:20px;
       background: #fff;
       border-left: 2px solid #fff;
       border-right: 2px solid #fff;
       }
       ```
   
 * this is the section initially to change, the second line where I changed it to
   100% from 700px
 * before you change anything, make a backup of your theme, then you can mess around
   all you want and if you break anything, just reinstall the original theme.
 * thing is, like I said, your theme is set up to be that width. Changing it to 
   a fluid 100% width will likely cascade other issues where you will have to change
   width.
 * for instance here:
 *     ```
       #main {
       width: 550px;
       float:left;
       margin: 0;
       padding: 5px 0 10px 0;
       overflow:hidden;
       }
       ```
   
 * that width may have to be changed up some, as its fixed width….
 * and then
 *     ```
       #sidebar {
       padding: 0;
       margin: 0 0 0 560px;
       background: #fff;
       }
       ```
   
 * that 560px is the left margin, its positioning your sidebar, messing with the
   other settings will require that to be changed…..
 * it really depends how much you want to do, keeping this theme will require a 
   fair bit of work from what I see…..

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