Why are the available themes so SKINNY?

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  free239 · Member · Sep 29, 2012 at 6:12 pm

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  Hello,

  I just created a free blog. I’m going through available free themes, and they are all very skinny, using 1/2 to 2/3 of the available width of a standard screen. Is there a way to fix that? I’ve gone through all the theme options for many of the themes, and I don’t see any way to change that.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 29, 2012 at 6:24 pm

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  What do you consider the average screen resolution to be? Today, most visitors are using a screen resolution higher than 1024×768 pixels. Well my screen resolution is only 1024×768 pixels and with the exception of a few narrow themes like Flower Power, the other themes here fill my screen. So I believe your issue is one that’s at your end of things and not at this end.

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  free239 · Member · Sep 29, 2012 at 8:16 pm

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  I’m using 1024×768. I only found two free templates that use most of the avaliable width – Able and Word Press Classic. I like some of the other one a lot better, but they only use 1/2 to 2/3 of the available screen width.

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  justpi · Member · Sep 30, 2012 at 1:39 am

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  1) There’s no such thing as a “standard” screen.
  2) Fixed-width themes vary in pixel width.
  3) There are also flexible-width themes, designed to stretch or shrink to adapt to each user’s screen resolution.

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  auxclass · Member · Sep 30, 2012 at 2:38 am

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  Making Posts / Themes too wide makes them difficult to read – the only thing I can think of a wide theme for is maybe a photo site – I hate wide sites – just too hard to read

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  timethief · Member · Sep 30, 2012 at 2:46 am

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  ~~auxclass

  I hate wide sites – just too hard to read

  I’m with you on that. My screen resolution is 1024×768 pixels and if I’m faced with a horizontal scroll bar on any site I click out never to return again.