widening left side column

  • I’d like to experiment with larger widths in my blog’s left-side column. I’m thinking I might like it a half-inch wider. Do I only need to mess with wp-layout.css to achieve this? Also, where in wp-layout.css would I need to play around?
    One of the issues with this is that I’ll probably have to alter the actual content/posts area size as well to adjust afterwards. So I’ll have to see how this goes.

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    Thread Starter danithew

    (@danithew)

    Well, I went and messed with it big time. I’ve made the left hand column really fat and moved the post contents over as well as the header. Please let me know how this is showing up in your browser. I’m anticipating there could be some problems and will be interested to find out what people are seeing. Thanks!

    That is quite wide ??
    It looks okay as such in Ffox, but I think the column would benefit from a bit of re-organisation, maybe a font change down in size slightly ? and also that the link category headings be made bolder.
    As it is, it sort of merges together with no easily discernable sections.
    The calendar is probably set with margins, which is why it has stretched so.
    margin: 0 20px 0 20px;
    width: 50%;}
    Altering what you have in wp-calendar with that just above will give you an idea of how to alter it.
    Again it’s my own view, but the links may look better with left align ?
    What I do like though is the uncluttered design !

    Thread Starter danithew

    (@danithew)

    Hey podz… thanks for reading my mind and giving me better code for the calendar width. It worked just right.
    I had meant to ask about how to do that best and was in too much of a rush to logoff and get going on an errand. So that was really helpful.
    I have struggled to get my left menu the way I want. I would like the category holdings to match the post headings in font, color and boldness… but I haven’t quite figured out how to do that yet. I’ve really had to experiment and my guess is that my left-hand column code (from index.php) is a bit more messy than is really necessary.

    As for readability, I would strongly recommend putting the sidebar on the right if you’re going to have a sidebar that wide.

    Category headings:
    Add the font-weight’s to the statements:
    #menu ul ul li{
    font-weight:bold;
    #menu ul ul li a{
    font-weight: normal;
    I think there is some repetition in the css, and possibly some added stuff in your index ?
    Running your page through the validator (Sorry!) to try and track some down for you finds quite a few errors, but don’t worry too much right now – if you want validation it’s something to work on, and certainly here in Firefox the page looks okay.

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