How do I widen my web page?

All of your questions depend on the theme you are using, and typically you’ll need to post a link to your site if you want specific help.

WPyogi:

Actually, I meant to ask it as a general question, since I have not really done anything yet to start my actual page. If I am starting a new page, and want to have a page (or the whole site) that is 1000 pixels wide, can I adjust whatever default setting there is through the theme editor screen, or does this have to be done through code for each page?

The width of the site is set in the CSS stylesheet — and typically assigned either to the body tag or to an inner wrapper div that contains the entire site. There is also the question of whether the site is fixed width or “responsive” (adjusts to width of browser window).

Depending on the theme and how the layout is structured, changing the width is not always a simple thing — and usually would require changes in multiple places in the CSS code — so that the internal pieces fit right in the changed width (though some themes are coded using %ages so this might not be necessary).

Unless you know a lot about CSS (and probably html and php) and want to spend some time messing around with the code, it’s generally a good idea to find a theme that already has the basic layout, including width, that you want.

Hope that answers your question better.

Thank you for your time on this. I guess I am surprised that setting the page width would not be one of those things that gets done simply, as I would think that this would be a standard request.

Befor starting a website (not as a blog) is there an easy way to see what width each theme uses as a default?

is there an easy way to see what width each theme uses as a default?

no –
possibly open the theme’s demo (most themes will have one) and use a tool such as Firebug https://getfirebug.com/ to investigate the formatting of the main elements.

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