Title: twenty ten quick question
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# twenty ten quick question

 *  [andrejwout](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrejwout/)
 * (@andrejwout)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/twenty-ten-quick-question/)
 * Hi all,
 * Is it possible to take the header right to the edges of the white main body. 
   For example, if i make the background black and then have the header right to
   the edges so that the black on the header is seamless with the background. Ive
   put a link her of what ive done so far.
 * [http://www.north-wall.co.uk](http://www.north-wall.co.uk)
 * thanks in advance

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 *  [peredur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peredur/)
 * (@peredur)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/twenty-ten-quick-question/#post-2337488)
 * Yes. Take the padding out of the wrapper div:
 *     ```
       #wrapper {
         ...
         padding-left: 20px;   /* Change this to zero */
         padding-right: 20px;  /* Change this to zero */
         ...
       }
       ```
   
 * Of course you may then have to restore some padding/margin on some other divs
   like #site-title, for example, but it doesn’t look too hard.
 * Since you’re using twentyten, which is one of the default themes you really must
   do all your customisations in a child theme to avoid updates overwriting them.
   If I understand things correctly, updates to WP itself might include updates 
   to the default themes, so you don’t have much choice but to carry them out (unless
   you want an outdated and insecure site).
 * I don’t know how likely this is, but other people on this forum who know much
   more than me are very definite in their view that default themes should never
   be customised except through a child theme.
 * And since a child theme takes about 5 minutes to create, I see no reason not 
   to follow their advice. [See this Codex article](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes).
 * HTH
 * PAE

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