Widening main column

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  chocorua · Member · Jul 27, 2009 at 3:32 pm

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  Can anyone tell me how to change the width of a template column? Do I change the CSS tags from ‘fixed-width’ to ‘width=600’ or something like that?

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

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  aw1923 · Member · Jul 27, 2009 at 3:40 pm

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  we need a link to your wordpress.COM blog

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  chocorua · Member · Jul 27, 2009 at 3:43 pm

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  Why? I don’t see the connection. We are a small, local, environmental conservation organization. And my Post was about editing a template, not connecting to other Blogs.

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  ronsrealm · Member · Jul 27, 2009 at 3:45 pm

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  Why? So we know you have a WordPress.com blog and what we say is relevant.

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  chocorua · Member · Jul 27, 2009 at 4:51 pm

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  I mis-understood. I thought she was asking for a link from our blog to hers. http://www.chocorualakeassociation.wordpress.com.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 27, 2009 at 4:57 pm

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  Do you have the paid CSS upgrade?

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  chocorua · Member · Jul 27, 2009 at 5:20 pm

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  No. This is for a non-profit so was hoping we could just widen the main column without having to pay for an upgrade.

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  chocorua · Member · Jul 27, 2009 at 5:22 pm

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  PS – i can do HTML so if it’s just a simple ‘width=N’ tag i can manage that fine.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 27, 2009 at 5:29 pm

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  The only way would be with the paid CSS upgrade since that is where the widths are defined, not in the theme files. In addition, the themes are not HTML but PHP script.

  We cannot edit the underlying theme files here at wordpress.COM because this is a multi-user platform which means we all share the same underlying theme and wordpress files. Any change by one person would change it for everyone using that theme.

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  chocorua · Member · Jul 27, 2009 at 5:48 pm

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  Alas. Thanks for the help. I’ll ask the group if they want to pay for the upgrade.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 27, 2009 at 5:56 pm

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  You’re welcome. $15 per year is only about $0.04 per day and in addition to being able to widen the theme, you could also do even more customization if you wished.