creating a page with 2 or three columns

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  siriannijason · Member · May 28, 2013 at 3:07 pm

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  can’t find a way to split a pages main body of content into columns

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  kathrynwp · Staff · May 28, 2013 at 6:19 pm

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  Hi there, the easiest and most reliable way to make columns is to choose a theme that displays the number of columns you’d like. Some themes also come with different page templates that let you choose how many columns you’d like displayed on a given page.

  It’s also possible to create columns using HTML and CSS code in the main content area of a page or post, but it takes a bit of coding and can be a bit tricky, because you won’t see the columns displayed in the Visual Editor.

  For example, you could use the Text editor to add this sort of code:

  <div class="colleft">
  left column goes here
  </div>
  <div class="colright">
  right column goes here
  </div>

  Then in your Custom CSS, you could define your columns as you like, for example:

  .colleft {
   float: left;
   width: 45%;
  }
  
  .colright {
   float: right;
   width: 45%;
  }

  Just let me know if you need further help.