How to make paragraph/content width narrower

jfinkle · Member · Sep 29, 2017 at 5:36 am
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I want to make the paragraph on my about section of my website narrower, the paragraph is too wide for good readability when displayed on a laptop.

How do I make the content (on my home page static frontpage about section) less wide?

Site:
jessefinkle.com

fyi I am a total noob
staff-imahappyengineer · Staff · Sep 29, 2017 at 9:29 am
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Hello @jfinkle,

You can add CSS to adjust the width. Please note that you need to have a premium plan, in order for you to do this.

1. Please click here to customize your website: https://wordpress.com/customize/jessefinkle.com/
2. Select CSS from the left menu.
3. Add this code:
```
.about,
.hestia-about {
  padding: 65px 300px 30px 300px;
}
```
**Please note that the values for the padding are for: top, right, bottom, left (in this order). Therefore, I put 300px for both right and left as a sample. And it should look like this: https://i.imgur.com/99FKjJt.png

You can increase the value if you want wider padding for each side.

Let me know how it goes.

Regards,
Rose
kokkieh · Staff · Sep 29, 2017 at 10:05 am
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Hi there,

http://jessefinkle.com/ is not a WordPress.com site, but is using the self-hosted WordPress.org software. While you can try the CSS code that staff-imahappyengineer gave above, it might be better to contact the author of the theme you are using directly for help with this.

You do NOT need a Premium Plan from WordPress.com to make changes to that theme.

staff-imahappyengineer

Please make sure whether a site is hosted on WordPress.com or not before providing an answer like this :)
staff-imahappyengineer · Staff · Sep 29, 2017 at 10:07 am
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oh @kokkieh I didn’t notice. Thank you so much.
kokkieh · Staff · Sep 29, 2017 at 10:08 am
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Happy to help :)

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