How to remove a sidebar from a custom theme?

clnro · Member · May 27, 2009 at 8:10 am

Hello,

I’d like to use the http://demo.5thirtyone.com/ theme, but the only problem is that it’s a 3 column theme and I only want 2 columns.
I would like to completely remove the left sidebar (the middle column) and expand the posts so that they cover the free area. If I just remove all widgets from the sidebar, the posts remain the standard size and there’s an empty column.

I am a complete CSS noob and I don’t know what to modify in the style.css file. Can you please help me?

/*
Theme Name: Grid Focus
Theme URI: http://5thirtyone.com/
Description: Grid aligned WordPress theme
Version: 1.1
Author: Derek Punsalan
Author URI: http://5thirtyone.com/
Tags: white, grid, whitespace, minimal, clean, widgets

Grid Focus was designed and coded by Derek Punsalan. Find
more info about the guy at http://5hthirtyone.com

Notes: Inspired and created for minimalist, content focused blogs
or websites. Customize, edit, poke, prod, and adapt to your own
style. Please leave credit where credit is due so that others may
find the source for your site and adapt a suitable version for their
own website.

See line 53 for a collection of the main font rules - size, line-height,
and color - combined for your convenience.

*/

* {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
body {
	background: #fff;
	color: #333;
	font-size: 62.5%;
	font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;
	text-align: center;
}
h1 {
	font-size: 2em;
}
h2 {
	font-size: 1.6em;
}
h3 {
	font-size: 1.4em;
}
h4 {
	font-size: 1.2em;
}
a {
	color: #000;
	outline: none;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
	color: #3c6c92;
}

/* =----------------------------------- oh the convenience */
#wrapper {
	/*
		sets the minimum(s) for the entire site
		off of which everything else is based on
	*/
	font-size: 1.2em;
	line-height: 1.4em;
}
.nav li {
	line-height: 1.2em;
}
.nav li a {
	font-weight: bold;
	letter-spacing: 1px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
}
.nav li a span {
	color: #888;
	font-size: 0.9em;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-transform: lowercase;
}
.nav li a.focus span {
	color: #ccc;
}
.nav li a:hover,
.nav li a.focus {
	color: #fff;
}
.nav .searchField input {
	color: #777;
}
.toggleCategories li a {
	color: #fff;
}
.toggleCategories li a:hover {
	color: #ccc;
}
.postMeta {
	font-size: 0.9em;
	text-transform: uppercase;
}
.postMeta span.date {
	color: #777;
}
.postMeta span.comments a,
.postMeta span.date a {
	color: #3c6c92;
}
.post h2 {
	line-height: 1.2em;
}
.entry a,
.secondaryColumn a,
#commentsContainer h3 a,
.commentlist .comment-author a {
	border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
	color: #3c6c92;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.entry a:hover,
.secondaryColumn a:hover,
#commentsContainer h3 a:hover,
.commentlist .comment-author a:hover,
.commentlist .comment-meta a:hover {
	color: #3c6c92;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #3c6c92;
}
.secondaryColumn a {
	font-weight: normal;
}
.entry ul,
.entry ol,
.entry blockquote {
	color: #555;
}
.entry blockquote {
	font-style: italic;
}
.secondaryColumn h3,
#commentsContainer h3 {
	font-size: 1.2em;
}
#cancel-comment-reply-link {
	color: #3C6C92;
	font-size: 0.8em;
}
.commentlist .comment-meta a {
	color: #777;
}
.commentlist .comment-author cite {
	font-style: normal;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.commentlist .comment-meta {
	font-size: 0.8em;
}
#commentform p span input,
#commentform span textarea {
	color: #333;
	font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif;
	font-size: 1em;
}
#paginateIndex {
	font-size: 0.9em;
	text-transform: uppercase;
}
#footer {
	clear: both;
}
#footer p a {
	font-weight: bold;
	color:#333;
}

/* =----------------------------------- main structure */
#wrapper {
	border-top: 1px solid #3c6c92;
	margin: 20px auto;
	text-align: left;
	width: 970px;
	padding: 0 5px;
}
#masthead {
	padding: 7px 0
}
#filler {}
#mainColumn {
	float: left;
	margin: 28px 0 0 0;
	width: 420px;
}
.secondaryColumn {
	float: left;
	margin: 28px 0 0 30px;
	overflow: hidden;
	width: 240px;
}

/* =----------------------------------- header elements */
#masthead h1 {
	float: left;
	margin: 15px 0 0 7px;
}
#masthead h1 a {
	text-transform: uppercase;
	width: 400px;
}
#blogLead img {
	background: #fff;
	border: 1px solid #bbb;
	float: right;
	height: 42px;
	margin: 0 7px;
	padding: 2px;
	width: 42px;
}
#authorIntro {
	float: right;
	margin: 8px 0 0 0;
	width: 340px;
}

/* =----------------------------------- top + bottom navigation */
.navStripWrapper {
	position: relative;
	clear: both;
}
.nav {
	background: #eee;
}
.nav li {
	border-right: 1px solid #ccc;
	display: block;
	float: left;
}
.nav li a {
	display: block;
	padding: 7px 4px 0 7px;
	width: 110px;
	height: 42px;
}
.nav li a span {}
.nav li a:hover {
	background: #333;
}
.nav li a.focus {
	background: #3c6c92;
}
.nav li.searchField {
	float: right;
	border: 0;
}
.nav .searchField div {
	margin: 9px 8px 0 0;
}
.nav .searchField span {
	background: #fff;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	border-left-color: #bbb;
	border-bottom-color: #bbb;
	display: block;
	padding: 2px;
}
.nav .searchField input {
	border: 1px solid #bbb;
	outline: none;
	padding: 4px;
	width: 220px;
}
.toggleCategories {
	background: #3c6c92;
}
.toggleCategories ul,
.toggleCategories2 ul {
	padding: 8px 7px 7px;
}
.toggleCategories ul li {
	display: block;
	float: left;
	width: 102px;
}
.toggleCategories li a {
	margin: 3px 0 4px 5px;
}

/* =----------------------------------- meta lead for each post */
.postMeta {
	border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
	text-align: right;
	margin-bottom: 14px;
	position: relative;
}
.postMeta .container {
	position: absolute;
	top: -9px;
	right: 0;
}
.postMeta span.date {
	background: #fff;
	padding: 0 4px;
}
.postMeta span.comments {
	background: #fff url(images/chat_grey.gif) no-repeat 2px -1px;
	padding-left: 18px;
}

/* =----------------------------------- general post */
.post {
	margin: 0 0 21px 0;
}
.post h2 {
	margin-bottom: 10px;
	padding: 0 3px;
}
.post h2 a {
	display:block;
}

/* =----------------------------------- entry body */
.entry {
	padding: 0 3px;
	overflow: hidden;
}
.entry p {
	line-height: 1.6em;
	margin: 10px 0;
}
.entry ul,
.entry ol,
.entry blockquote {
	margin: 0 14px;
}
.entry ol {
	list-style: decimal;
}
.entry ul li,
.entry ol li {
	margin: 0 0 7px 18px;
}
.entry ul li {
	list-style: circle;
}
.entry blockquote {
	border-left: 1px solid #ccc;
	font-size: 1.1em;
	line-height: 1.4em;
	margin-left: 21px;
	padding-left: 10px;
}
.entry img,
.entry a img {
	background: #fff;
	border: 1px solid #bbb;
	padding: 2px;
}
.entry a:hover img {
	border-color: #3c6c92;
}

.entry.meta {
	background: #eee;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	border-width: 1px 0;
}
.entry.meta p {
	margin: 5px 7px;
}
.entry.meta .highlight {
	text-transform: uppercase;
	font-size: 10px;
}
.entry.meta a {
	color: #333;
	border-color: #bbb;
}
.entry.meta a:hover {
	color: #000;
	border-color: #000;
}

/* =----------------------------------- main index pagination */
#paginateIndex {
	margin-bottom: 25px;
}
#paginateIndex a,
.commentlist li .reply a {
	color: #777;
	font-size: 0.9em;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	display: block;
	padding: 4px 7px 3px;
	background: #fff;
	border: 1px solid #ddd;
}
.commentlist li .reply a {
	color: #aaa;
}
#paginateIndex a:hover,
.commentlist li .reply a:hover {
	color: #3c6c92;
	border-color: #3c6c92;
	background: #eee;
}

/* =----------------------------------- widget enabled sidebar */
.secondaryColumn h3 {
	border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
	margin: 0 0 10px 0;
	padding: 7px 4px;
}
.widgetContainer {
	margin: 0 0 20px 0;
}
.widgetContainer ul li {
	margin: 0 3px 7px 21px;
	list-style: circle;
}
.widgetContainer ul li ul {
	margin-top: 5px;
}
.widgetContainer .textwidget {
	margin: 0 3px;
	line-height: 1.5em;
}
.widgetContainer #wp-calendar {
	border-collapse: collapse;
	width: 100%;
}
#wp-calendar caption {
	font-weight: bold;
	margin-bottom: 7px;
}
#wp-calendar thead {}
#wp-calendar thead th {
	padding: 4px 0 4px 3px;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	border-width: 1px 0;
}
#wp-calendar td {
	padding: 3px 0 4px 3px;
	color: #777;
}
#wp-calendar td a {
	font-weight: bold;
}

/* =----------------------------------- style some comments */
#commentsContainer {
	margin-bottom: 30px;
}
#commentsContainer span.hook {
	position: relative;
	display: block;
}
#commentsContainer h3 {
	display: block;
	margin: 10px 0;
	padding: 7px 4px 0;
	border-top: 1px solid #3c6c92;
}
.cancel-comment-reply {
	position: absolute;
	top: -1px;
	right: 4px;
}
.commentlist {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0 0 20px;
}
.commentlist .comment-author {
	border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
	padding-top: 7px;
	margin-top: 10px;
	overflow: hidden;
}
.commentlist .comment-author img.avatar {
	display: block;
	float: left;
	height: 16px;
	width: 16px;
	margin: 0 4px 0 0;
}
.commentlist .comment-meta {
	margin: 0 0 0 20px;
}
.commentlist li .reply {
	text-align: right;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
}
.commentlist li .reply a {
	display:inline;
}
.commentlist li p {
	margin: 1em 0;
	padding: 0 3px;
}
.commentlist li ul,
.commentlist li ol,
.commentlist li blockquote {
	margin: 0 20px;
}
.commentlist .children {
	margin: 0 0 0 40px;
}
.commentlist .children li {
	list-style: none;
}
#commentform .contain {
	margin: 0 0 10px 0 !important;
}
#commentform #author,
#commentform #email,
#commentform #url,
#commentform textarea {
	padding: 4px 3px;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	border-left-color: #bbb;
	border-bottom-color: #bbb;
	background: #fff;
	margin-right: 4px;
}
#commentform #author,
#commentform #email,
#commentform #url,
#commentform textarea {
	border: 1px solid #bbb;
	outline: none;
	padding: 4px 3px;
	width: 160px;
}
#commentform p label {
	margin: 4px 0 0 0;
}
#commentform textarea {
	float: none;
	width: 98%;
	overflow: auto;
}

/* =----------------------------------- boring footer */
#footer {
	border-top: 1px solid #3c6c92;
	margin: 35px 0;
}
#footer p {
	padding: 14px 3px 0;
}

/* =----------------------------------- floats + clearing rule */
.floatleft,
.alignleft {
	float: left;
	margin: 3px 7px 0 0;
}
.floatright,
.alignright {
	float: right;
	margin: 3px 0 0 7px;
}
.right {
	float:right;
}
.left {
	float: left;
}
.clear {
	clear: both;
}
.fix:after {
	content: ".";
	display: block;
	height: 0;
	clear: both;
	visibility: hidden;
}
.fix {
	display: inline-block;
}
* html .fix{
	height: 1%;
}
.fix{
	display:
	block;
}

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