fluid width

If you look in the style.css of the parent theme ( wich is indeed pinboard ) you’ll find this on line #601 :

#wrapper {
position: relative;
max-width: 1140px;
margin: 0 auto;
box-shadow: 0 0 18px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
background: #f8f8f8;
overflow: hidden;
}

If you remove the max-width, then the site will take up the whole screen. Please do keep in mind that on very large monitors, your site may look really wide.

could i just add the ammeded code to my child themes style.css?? would it over ride the perent theme??

Add the amended CSS to your child theme’s stylesheet.

ive done that but its not changed??

Sorry if im making this harder that its needs to be i added the above code to my child theme’s stylesheet but nothing happened

oh i deleted the line regarding max width

thanks for all the help but i still cant seem to get this right if you check the my site now its starting to take shape (sort of but i just need to get 2 blank border removed and i have tried the above suggestion any other idea. i also need to make the contect background transparant but thats another thread for later lol

A child theme will inherit any of the parent CSS that you don’t overwrite, so you can’t just leave it blank. Include the max-width attribute, but set it to “none” and it will work.

#wrapper {
position: relative;
max-width: none;
margin: 0 auto;
box-shadow: 0 0 18px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
background: #f8f8f8;
overflow: hidden;
}

thats perfect thank you so mych for your help every one. just need to make the content background transpaprent and a few other little things.

Thank you cheers everyone