Why Are The Layouts So Narrow

  • Resolved ant_in_wales

    (@ant_in_wales)


    12 years, 12 months ago

    Hello
    I am frustrated at how narrow my website looks:
    http://aberfoodblog.com/ultracomida
    See? Most of the page is white space.
    I would like it to actually fit the page, but note that changing this seems to be tricky (well, editing .css stylesheets might not be “trick”, but it’s not like changing a Word document).
    I briefly changed to 2013 theme, and that seemed even worse.
    Before I get too into changing it, is there a reason the pages are so narrow – eg is it help them display on mobiles?
    If not, why are they designed like this?
    My screen is only 1280px wide yet the pages seem more like 640px.
    Thanks very much
    Tony

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  • Thread Starter ant_in_wales

    (@ant_in_wales)

    12 years, 12 months ago

    Is there an easy way to widen the blog, or can anyone recommend a theme that would suit me better.
    “Life Is Simple”?
    Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

    Thread Starter ant_in_wales

    (@ant_in_wales)

    12 years, 12 months ago

    It’s very odd.
    There’s a big grey block down the middle of the page – how do I get the text to fill that block?

    Thread Starter ant_in_wales

    (@ant_in_wales)

    12 years, 12 months ago

    I’m using 2011 Theme – might 2012 or 2013 be better?
    Am I talking to myself here – help, I’m drowning…

    WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    12 years, 12 months ago

    Yes, the width of a layout is theme-specific. If you aren’t happy with how a theme looks, certainly try another one (or more). Or you can also modify a theme, but you’d need to do so using a Child Theme so that your changes are not lost when the theme is updated –

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

    Thread Starter ant_in_wales

    (@ant_in_wales)

    12 years, 12 months ago

    Thank you for the advice, WPyogi

    Beyond this width business, I’m very happy with the layouts.
    What are the key values I need to change – is it max-width=690px?
    I see there are various width settings that mentions percentages, are any of those useful too?
    Thank you again for your help
    Tony

    Thread Starter ant_in_wales

    (@ant_in_wales)

    12 years, 12 months ago

    PS I’m using

    @import url(“../twentythirteen/style.css”);

    to pull in the current theme – but of course that gives me no parameters to change.
    Should I just copy the whole of the parent style.css in then edit that, or add in the parameters that I want to change from parent to child?
    Thanks very much again
    Tony

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    12 years, 12 months ago

    Just copy the styles you want to change and then change them in your Child Theme style.css file.

    Thread Starter ant_in_wales

    (@ant_in_wales)

    12 years, 12 months ago

    Thank you, that’s looking much better now.
    I have a final question, but will open a new query…

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