Title: sidebar width
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# sidebar width

 *  [michaelbleakley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelbleakley/)
 * (@michaelbleakley)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-width-5/)
 * hello
 * i am new to wordpress and have beentrying to make the sidebar wider
    on my blog
   i cant seem to find where and what to change could somone have a look and help
   me to adjust my sidebar ?
 * Also when it has been adjusted will the content be able to adjust to the size?
 *  [my site ](http://www.bodyfitbrides.com)
 * thank you

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 *  [jrav001](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrav001/)
 * (@jrav001)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-width-5/#post-1606726)
 * You will have to increase the width of your sidebar-top.gif file, then change
   the width: and margin settings in your style.css
 *     ```
       #sidebar {
       background:url("images/sidebar-top.gif") no-repeat scroll center top #FFFFFF;
       float:left;
       line-height:180%;
       margin-left:27px;
       margin-top:-68px;
       width:238px;
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [michaelbleakley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelbleakley/)
 * (@michaelbleakley)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-width-5/#post-1606740)
 * thanks mate
 * which file is the ( sidbar-top.gif ) in ?
 *  [FishDogFish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fishdogfish/)
 * (@fishdogfish)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-width-5/#post-1606875)
 * It’s just a file that’s being loaded as a background image, it’s in the directory
   named images.
 * Look at the line background:url(“images/sidebar-top-gif”)
 * #sidebar is just a <div id=”sidebar”> and it has it’s background set to display
   the image sidebar-top-gif.gif or sidebar-top.gif.
 * The name of that image is questionable…

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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [FishDogFish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fishdogfish/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-width-5/#post-1606875)
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