In base.css, just change values for left_sidebar to what you need, e.g. width:10% and adjust #content values accordingly.
About left_sidebar_enabled you can set it to True in the layout or just pass it back from your controller in the dict: return dict(..., left_sidebar_enabled = True) Note that width_content is not a real variable, it is just a comment on what is going to happen when you change the sidebar settings and a reminder to modify the base.css, in particular the #content under #left_sidebar. Vineet wrote: > Hmmmmm... > I think I am referring to a different thing than what I meant to. > > I wish to decrease the width of white columns on the left & right > sides. > Is this called a sidebar or something else? > > I fiddled in many ways to adjust it, as mentioned in the OP, but > couldn't fix it. > > Secondly, how to put some stuff in the left blank space? > > Like this or otherwise? > > {{block left_sidebar}} > ....my html stuff goes here...... > {{end}} > > Thanks in advance, > ---Vineet > > On Sep 21, 9:16 pm, pbreit <pbreitenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I don't know what the implications are but you can adjust the left-sidebar > > width in base.css: > > > > #left_sidebar { width: 160px; float:left; display: none; }