How to change body width

Hi Charles,

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Thanks!

Hello,

Please could I follow up on this query. I would like to know if it is possible to display the body width, specifically of the home page, a bit wider on wider screens.

My site is tenapparel.co.za

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Thank you, I look forward to hearing your reply.

Kind regards,

Kim

Hi Kim,
The page width looks good on my end, but you can try and put this into your Custom CSS and adjust the “1200px” to see if that is what you are looking for

#page {
   max-width: 1200px;
  }

Thank you so much for your reply, BjScott.

On trying this, I see the whole page width of the site was affected, and it pushed the menu sidebar out. However, it didn’t seem to affect the width of the body of the page.

My goal is to try to have a ‘full width’ image on the home page – you will see my attempt at this on the site now.

However, on some screen widths this leaves an irregularity in the sidebar between the main navigation and the widget area, where the full width image shows through.

Is this possible to fix?

Or can you suggest another work around to get the desired full width large image on the home page?

I have tried using the image at its largest but it seems the body of the page has some padding.

Lastly, if it is possible to fill in the irregularity on the side bar, is it possible to also add a bit more padding to the sidebar area as a whole?

Thank you for your attention to this in advance.

Kind regards,

Kim

Hi Kim,

I’m hoping someone else will jump in on this post and be able to help you out, as I’m not sure!

Brenda

Hi Kim,

Sorry for taking so long to reply. I think that there might be a way to achieve what you are trying to do, but as soon as you change a width on one div, you also affect everything else. Modifying these columns is not that easy.

I would recommend that you make a child theme and hire someone who knows CSS well to get the changes you want. All the div (sidebar, main content area) are set in percentages and thus will have to be modified carefully.

When I designed the theme years ago, 1200px wide seemed to be reasonable, but I guess sites need to be larger now.

Sorry….