Adding color to sides of blog

It’s the very first line of your style sheet. Change the background color of the body to whatever you want it to be.

body { background: #fff; color: #333; font:

What I just told you to do will probably turn everything that color. If that happens, add background: #fff; to the container.

#container { width: 970px; margin: 15px auto 0 auto; }

I tried it but even when I put the white in the container it still puts the color all over. I put the #fff here…

#container { background: #fff; width: 970px …..

Should I have put it somewhere else? Thanks so much for your help. I have really been trying to figure this out for a looong time! So, thank you.

PS If you havent noticed, I am not really great with the coding and stuff, so all help is appreciated!

Your content area of your page is composed of these main elements. Just try applying the styles to each one until you get what you’re looking for.

#container
#content_box
#content
#sidebar

Okay, I did that and added wite to all of those areas and I got this…..

https://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g158/kristieJoy/screenshot1.jpg

but I want to know if there is a way to get it like this

https://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g158/kristieJoy/screenshot.jpg

Thanks for all of your help!

You need to play around with the margins and/or padding on the content and sidebar.