Yup, but I don't want to just change it to one other size, I want to
use one style sheet and set the container to any number of columns.  I
could make separate classes for each different width I suppose, but I
think using a span-x with it serves my purpose better.

On Apr 22, 1:34 pm, Sunny Beach <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you look at the main blueprint site, there is a pretty good demo of
> redefining the .container.
>
> http://blueprintcss.org/
>
> Specifically, look at the bottom of:
>
> http://blueprintcss.org/css/latest.css?v=3.1.0
>
> By setting the .container to 750 px, you can create a 19 column page
> that is 750 px wide.
>
> Sunny
>
> On Apr 19, 6:38 am, rebus_ <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 18 April 2010 16:27, Fade <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > I have some places where I wanted to use blueprint with various
> > > numbers of columns ( 18 in a wizard, 8 in a dialog box, the full 24 on
> > > the page ), so I made a small addition to blueprint I thought other
> > > people might find useful.
>
> > > .sized-container { float: none; clear: both; margin:0 auto; }
>
> > > This container doesn't specify it's own width but instead should be
> > > used with a span-x class to make a container that is x columns wide
> > > (ex: class="sized-container span-18" ).  It must be in the css after
> > > the span-x float definition since it overrides the float setting.  It
> > > can also be used inside an outer container to make an inner container
> > > of the same width, since it isn't floated and will take up the full
> > > width of the parent.
>
> > > Also, the following two lines were also modified:
>
> > > .clearfix:after, .container:after
> > > {content:"\0020";display:block;height:
> > > 0;clear:both;visibility:hidden;overflow:hidden;}
>
> > > became
>
> > > sized-container:after, .clearfix:after, .container:after
> > > {content:"\0020";display:block;height:
> > > 0;clear:both;visibility:hidden;overflow:hidden;}
>
> > > and
>
> > > .clearfix, .container {display:block;}
>
> > > became
>
> > > .clearfix, .container, .sized-container {display:block;}
>
> > > Shouldn't break any existing layouts since it just adds a class, but
> > > it can come in very handy when you are popping up jQuery dialogs with
> > > fewer than 24 columns, or in other cases where you need narrower
> > > layouts.
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> > I think you should be able to do the same thing by redefining .container 
> > class
>
> > .container {width:950px; margin:0 auto;}
> > =>
> > .container {width:950px; margin:0 auto!important; float:none!important}
>
> > class="container span-x"
>
> > IE6 supports !important in standards compliant mode i think.
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