DianeV

Thanks; unfortunately, “didn’t work” isn’t very descriptive.

You need to set a width before the margin:auto thing will work; otherwise, the width will automatically be the entire width of the window.

If you mean your pixiebits blog (you didn’t say), I don’t see a mint background for the posts.

I don’t know the Sandbox theme and don’t feel like downloading and studying it — but essentially you should look for a class that specifies font-family.

If they’re clever, they’ve done in in the body.

Also, if you’re fairly new to HTML and CSS, http://htmldog.com can be your friend.

You’re editing the wrong thing; you *need* to edit the CSS file.

body {
font-size: 62.5%; /* Resets 1em to 10px */
font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
background: #F5F5F5;
text-align: center;
}

#page {
background-color: white;
border: 1px solid #959596;
        margin: 0 auto;
text-align: left;
}

The problem is #page; you’re telling it to have margins of 0 (at top and bottom) but “auto” to the left and right. The problem is that you haven’t told it how *wide* #page is, so it can’t align it to the left/right the way you want. If you add a width to #page [like, width:780px], then it should center properly.

At least, that’s my guess on first cup of coffee.

If you lost your database (ouch!), just repost your posts and set the date in the Post Timestamp thing on the Write page.

Yes, depending on which template you’re using, you’ll need to make your layout wide enough to hold the images *and* the sidebar or anything else that affects the width.

As to whether it’s safe, try copying the file before you change it.

As to dynamic width, I can’t think of one offhand. Doesn’t mean there isn’t one; perhaps I’m just tired.

Okay. Unfortunately, without knowing what version of WordPress you’re using, how you’ve set it up, and a link to your blog, we can only guess at what’s going on.

Also, it’s best to make your post title reflect the problem, so that those who *can* help can recognize what the problem is. (And ALL CAPS signifies shouting.)