aaronws

ok, so I went the easiest route on this one. I found a theme with a width of 800 and I just reduced the size of my graphics. I spent a few hours playing with the CSS and 30 seconds resizing graphics, I can live with the 800 width for saving that much time.

When I have more time, I will try the suggestions listed.

Thank you for your time to all of those that replied.

Just curious, what is the difference between downloading a theme and modifying it and modifying the default theme?

Ok, so I snagged a theme that looks cool and there is the CSS. What am I to modify to make this thing 965px wide throughout?

/*
Theme Name: Amsterdam Nights
Theme URI: http://www.rollsroick.de/
Description: You can have it here and now. Your Blog in the look and feel of a warm summernight in Amsterdam.
Author: Oliver Roick
Author URI: http://www.rollsroick.de/
Version: 1.5

The CSS, XHTML and design is released under GPL:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php

*/

/* Da Basics */

body {
background-color: #141C29;
font-family: “Tahoma”, Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
}

a, a:visited, a:link {
color: #2E60A9;
}

a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
background-color: #FFF7D1;
}

a:active {
background-color: #FFF7D1;
}

input, textarea {
background-color: #FFF7D1;
}

input:focus, textarea:focus {
background-color: #FFF;
}

#wrapper {
background-color: #2D5FA8;
background-image: url(images/bg_main.png);
background-repeat: repeat-y;
margin: 20px auto;
width: 650px;
}

/* Header */

#head {
height: 273px;
width: 650px;
background-image: url(images/bg_head.png);
}

#head div#blog_title {
font-family: “Trebuchet MS”, “Tahoma”, Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 2.5em;
color: #FCFFF7;
position: relative;
top: 170px;
left: 30px;
}

#head div#blog_title a {
color: #FCFFF7;
text-decoration: none;
}

#head div#blog_title a:hover {
background-color: transparent;
}

/*Main Content*/

#main {
width: 425px;
float: left;
color: #141C29;
}

#main h1, #main h2 {
margin: 0 20px 5px 47px;
font-family: “Trebuchet MS”, “Tahoma”, Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 2.0em;
font-weight: normal;
color: #2E60A9;
}

#main h2 {
font-size: 1.5em;
}

#main h1 a, #main h2 a {
text-decoration: none;
}

#main p, #main div.navigation, #main ul, #main div.post_info, #main div.date, #main #searchform {
margin: 0 20px 15px 50px;
text-align: justify;
line-height: 1.4em;
}

#main div.navigation {
clear: both;
}

.left {
text-align: left;
}

.right {
text-align: right;
}

#main div.post_info {
border-top: 1px dotted #141C29;
}

#main div.date {
margin-bottom: 0px;
}

/* Sidebar */

#sidebar {
float: left;
width: 220px;
margin: 20px 0 0 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
background-image: url(images/bg_sidebar_main.png);
background-repeat: repeat-y;
}

#sidebar h4 {
background-image: url(images/bg_sidebar_head.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-color: transparent;
font-size: 1.3em;
font-weight: normal;
font-family: “Trebuchet MS”, “Tahoma”, Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
margin: 0;
padding: 25px 0 14px 20px;
}

#sidebar ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0 0 40px 0;
list-style: none;
background-image: url(images/bg_sidebar_footer.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: bottom left;
}

#sidebar ul li {
background: transparent;
padding: 0 0 3px 30px;
}

/*Footer*/

#footer {
width: 650px;
background-image: url(images/bg_footer.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-color: #2D5FA8;
clear: both;
padding-top: 50px;
padding-bottom: 30px;
color: #FCFFF7;
}

#footer p {
margin: 0 50px;
font-size: 0.8em;
line-height: 1.5em;
}

#footer a, #footer a:link, #footer a:visited, #footer a:hover, #footer a:active {
color: #FCFFF7;
background: transparent;
}

/* Comment Styles */

#commentform {
margin-bottom: 40px;
}

#commentform input, #commentform textarea {
width: 305px;
margin: 0 20px;
padding: 3px;
color: #141C29;
font-family: “Tahoma”, Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 1.0em;
line-height: 1.4em;
}

#commentform input[type=submit] {
width: 13em;
float: right;
}

#commentform label {
display: block;
padding-bottom: 3px;
}

#commentlist {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
margin: 0 20px 15px 50px;
line-height: 1.4em;
list-style-type: none;
}

#commentlist li {
padding: 0;
margin: 0 0 30px 0;
}

#commentlist li p {
padding: 0;
margin: 0 3px 10px 3px;
}

#commentlist cite {
display: block;
background-color: #FFF7D1;
padding: 3px;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: bold;
margin-bottom: 3px;
}

#searchform input[type=submit] {
margin-top: 2px;
}

/*Comments Popup*/

#comments_popup {
background-color: #FCFFF7;
font-family: “Tahoma”, Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

#comments_popup h1#header {
background-color: #2D5FA8;
margin: 0 0 20px 0;
padding: 10px;
font-family: “Trebuchet MS”, “Tahoma”, Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 2.5em;
color: #FCFFF7;
}

#comments_popup h1#header a {
color: #FCFFF7;
text-decoration: none;
}

#comments_popup h1#header a:hover {
background-color: transparent;
}

#comments_popup #main {
width: 100%;
}

#comments_popup #main p, #comments_popup #main h2, #comments_popup #main #commentlist {
margin: 0 10px 15px 10px;
padding: 0;
}

#comments_popup #footer {
background-color: #2D5FA8;
background-image: none;
width: 100%;
padding: 10px 0;
}