to enlarge the sidebar on OceanMist

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  blogdelorient · Member · Dec 6, 2009 at 4:31 pm

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  Hi,
  since three weeks posting on my weblog and I would already like to adjust modification on the standart page:
  using OceanMist 1.2
  http://blogdelorient.wordpress.com
  I would like to enlarge the sidebar.
  Note that I never use a CCS code but with some explainations I ‘ll try to find a way…
  Thank you by advance for your answers
  Lorient

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  thesacredpath · Member · Dec 6, 2009 at 4:59 pm

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  OceanMist is not easy since all the colorful background stuff you see are images. That means that to increase the width of the theme, you first have to create wider images to match what is already there. The following are the three images you have to recreate in wider formats.

  http://s2.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/pub/ocean-mist/images/bg_header.gif
  http://s2.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/pub/ocean-mist/images/bg_main.gif
  http://s2.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/pub/ocean-mist/images/bg_footer.gif

  The CSS in OceanMist is not straightforward either and certainly will test the “common sense” of anyone with even a moderate level of CSS experience. That moderately experience person will also find themselves saying “WTF” far more often than they expect, and will have to change and adjust far more things in the CSS than they expect for what they thought was going to be a very simple project.

  To see the “WTF” in action, go to appearance > edit CSS, delete all the introductory text in the CSS edit window, paste in the single following CSS declaration which widens the page by 100px and then click the preview button. Make sure and scroll all the way to the bottom to see just how much stuff has blown up.

  #page {width:850px;}

  My suggestion: Choose a different theme with a wider sidebar, or one that has more sanely done CSS.

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  blogdelorient · Member · Dec 6, 2009 at 6:01 pm

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  Thesacredpath,…
  thank you ! It’s clear… I thing I’ll choose a different theme !
  I have to sleep this night… lol
  Lorient

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  thesacredpath · Member · Dec 6, 2009 at 6:05 pm

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  You’re welcome. Rest well.