Change the Content Width

  • I’m trying to figure out how to change the width
    of my content (excluding any signatures, comments, etc.)

    changing the width of <p> in the stylesheet seems
    to do the trick or #content… however it moves all of
    the other items with it (like signatures, comments, etc.)

    How do I change the width of only the
    text being written from a blog post?

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  • JenR

    (@jennifer-roberts)

    You need to make your CSS more specific so it only targets the elements you want. Need to see an example on a live page to help more specifically.

    Thread Starter xbryboy

    (@xbryboy)

    here is my site https://workwithbrybry.com/blog

    JenR

    (@jennifer-roberts)

    Try adding this to the custom CSS:

    .post-entry p {
whatever styles you want;
}

    Thread Starter xbryboy

    (@xbryboy)

    seems to work but affects the Bio
    as well and doesn’t work for the Page
    content either. Only posts.

    Thread Starter xbryboy

    (@xbryboy)

    I’m finding out that this is what’s in my single.php

    <div class="post-entry">
					<?php the_content( __( 'Read more ›', 'responsive' ) ); ?>

    Seems like the bio and the post are located within
    the_content. the_content is not editable unless
    you go into the database tables I believe.

    JenR

    (@jennifer-roberts)

    If you’re going to want to fuss around with stuff like this, you’ll probably want to learn some CSS – a browser tool like Firebug makes it pretty easy once you know the basics. In the case of the bio, ADD CSS to target that part (return to how you want it):

    #author-bio-box p {
   styles;
}

    Don’t mess with the php files.

    And similarly, pages have different CSS – is there a page on your site?

    BTW, from a number of your threads, it seems like you are expecting the text editor to work like a desktop app – webpages really don’t work like that…what shows up in the editor isn’t exactly how it shows up in a webpage – it’s the CSS. That’s increasingly true with so many different sizes and types of devices.

    Thread Starter xbryboy

    (@xbryboy)

    do you know how to edit what is within the_content?

    I am familiar with everything you are saying.
    I just don’t want to have to edit css everytime
    I install a plugin or something that is styled
    with this.

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