page has become narrow

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  heartwood5145 · Member · Nov 23, 2020 at 8:02 pm

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  The layout of my website has seemingly changed from filling the page to taking up a smaller space in the middle, as though I had increased the margins for the newrs columns I have put in. This page shows an example of what I mean, scroll down and you will see that the columns narrow. Thanks!

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  staff-totoro · Staff · Nov 24, 2020 at 2:16 am

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  Hi there,

  You mentioned “this example” but I did not see an example included in your initial message. Did you mean to include a screenshot of some kind? Are you referring to the layout on your homepage on https://moondaypainter.wordpress.com/ possibly?

  One thing to be aware of is that individual blocks have settings that control how wide the content is displayed. For example the Slideshow block as a “full width” setting that you can set it to, and it will make the appearance on the homepage larger than it is now.

  

  Does changing your block width settings help?

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  heartwood5145 · Member · Nov 25, 2020 at 5:14 pm

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  Thanksjerrysarcastic.
  Sorry, I forgot to post the link. The problem isn’t on the home page, it’s here
  https://moondaypainter.wordpress.com/100-2/ You can see the first bunch of images (£100 works on paper) that I added some time ago are not restricted like the latter two sections (£50 and £70 works on paper). I hope I am explaining myself properly! I tried what you suggested but it didn’t make it better. It’s a bit like using a word document with the margins set too wide on part of the doc.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Nov 25, 2020 at 7:04 pm

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  Ah ok, so here’s what happened, let me try to explain in text.

  You have three columns set on the post using the Columns block: https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/columns-block/

  The second and third section are all in the center column. On the first section, you use both left and right columns.

  And now that I read that, could be coffee hasn’t kicked in, I don’t think I’m explaining it well, so here’s an annotated screenshot instead: https://d.pr/i/t6IH1p

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  heartwood5145 · Member · Nov 25, 2020 at 9:20 pm

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  Thanks Macmanx, it makes sense as you explain it ( I just had a coffee so maybe I am more alert than usual!) and I will look at the notes too.

  These forums are so helpful. Thanks again.

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  heartwood5145 · Member · Nov 26, 2020 at 3:20 pm

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  I understand what I have done but is there a way to end the columns and go back to an
  un- column section further down the page?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Nov 26, 2020 at 7:40 pm

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  Yes, the problem here is that Columns block is now just one big block covering the whole page.

  You can end it by adding a new block: https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/#adding-a-block