changing width of 2011 content while keeping it non-responsive

Hi,
Im using a child theme of WP 2011 (one column) for my website https://www.ungewinster.com
I got rid of the responsiveness by adding:

body {
	padding: 0 2em;
}
#page {
	margin: 2em auto;
	width: 1000px;
}

to my stylesheet as I didnt like the way the site looked when the browser was resized or when it was being opened on a mobile device.

Now I would like to widen the content for which I found inserting this in the appropriate places very helpful :

/*
Theme Name: Raindrops Wide Theme
Theme URI: https://www.digitalraindrops.net
Description: twentyeleven wider child theme
Author: Digital Raindrops
Template: twentyeleven
Version: 1.2
*/

/* =Do not add styles before the Stylesheet import
-------------------------------------------------------------- */
@import url('../twentyeleven/style.css');

/* =Make our page layout wider
-------------------------------------------------------------- */

#page {
   max-width: 1140px;
}
.featured-posts,
#ie7 article.intro {
   max-width: 1140px;
}

In the twenty eleven parents functions.php
the content width is set a 584,
in our child theme we will change this value,
in the child themes functions.php

// It's a wide layout so make the content wider by 140px

if ( ! isset( $content_width ) )
   $content_width = 724;

(found it on https://digitalraindrops.net/2012/06/resize-the-twenty-eleven-theme/)

however when I do what is suggested, the theme becomes responsive again and as soon as I get rid of the “max-” before the “width” it switches back to the old width…

Would be grateful to any suggestions ??

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