Changing width of blog posts

twistedwiredesign · Member · Apr 19, 2014 at 3:47 pm
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Hi, I have changed by site to be a width of 1000 px, but how do I change my blog posts width? it still seems to be set to 800px. Thanks!

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hafizr · Member · Apr 20, 2014 at 5:29 am
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Hi,

You can try adding the following CSS:
```
.single .content-area,
.page .content-area,
.search-no-results .content-area,
.error404 .content-area {
	width: 1000px;
}
.single .hentry,
.error404 .hentry,
.page .hentry,
.search-no-results .no-results {
	width: 900px;
}
```
It will affect blog post width in single post view, as well as on single Page view, 404 page view, and search result not found page view (you probably don’t have to worry about the latter two).
angel1a · Member · Apr 20, 2014 at 3:37 pm
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Hi, Hafizr,

I tried that code and it didn’t change my page. How do I change the width? Here is the link that I’m working on now: http://www.eyeamwhy.com/shop-for-simplicity/

I would like for the page to be wider and the sidebar to be more narrow.

Thank you!
hafizr · Member · Apr 20, 2014 at 11:56 pm
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Ah, I thought you were having problem with the twistedwiredesign.com site :)

The Eye Am Why seems is a self-hosted WordPress version, and it is not supported here on WordPress.com’s support forum. Instead, you can try using the WordPress.org support forum, here: http://wordpress.org/support/

Good luck! (Also, you can safely remove my solution above from the site)
angel1a · Member · Apr 21, 2014 at 9:28 am
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Hi, Hafizr,

What does “self-hosted” mean? My theme is Impero and I’ve read every post I can find about changing widths and nothing has worked. I know it’s a simple change, I’m just learning how to do all of this myself now. Any other suggestions for where I could find the answer? Thank you so much!
angel1a · Member · Apr 21, 2014 at 11:06 am
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Please disregard the previous comment. One showed up to help and now it’s resolved. Thank you!
hafizr · Member · Apr 21, 2014 at 11:28 am
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You’re welcome! “Self-hosted” means that the WordPress site is hosted by the owner of the site itself (usually using a web hosting service of some sort). By contrast, WordPress.com is a service where the WordPress site is hosted by WordPress.com.

A more detailed explanation is available here:

WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org
angel1a · Member · Apr 21, 2014 at 3:04 pm
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Ah, now I understand. Thanks again!
twistedwiredesign · Member · Apr 24, 2014 at 11:09 pm
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Hi Hafizr,

My site is the twistedwiredesign.com site, will you solution work for me?

Thanks!
twistedwiredesign · Member · Apr 24, 2014 at 11:18 pm
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seemed to work great, thank you so much

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