# Course layout help **URL:** \ **Category:** General Help\ **Created:** [November 1, 2025, 9:28am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/course-layout-help/3948 "2025-11-01T09:28:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Shane](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/Shane)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2025, 9:28am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/course-layout-help/3948/1 "2025-11-01T09:28:19Z")
Hi I am about to share an old course with its SME’s and it is not aligned properly. Can anybody point me in the direction of what is wrong please? ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/evolveauthoring/original/2X/4/429fbf6329666a8b9e37367d8fb4f96e41342850.png) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/evolveauthoring/original/2X/c/c070a3a63587ed79c29a322e1384ea5bfdd4f8cd.png) the whole course now has this white space on the right. I have tried comparing side by side next to its sister course, and there is no obvious difference in the setups. Please help me. I obviously want equal white space. ---
**Author:** ![hbailey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/hbailey/32/603_2.png) [@hbailey](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/hbailey)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/course-layout-help/3948/2 "2025-11-01T10:58:13Z")
Hello Shane, Hard to tell without seeing your theme settings. Could you let me know your Evolve instance so we can jump in and take a look? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Shane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Shane](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/Shane)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/course-layout-help/3948/3 "2025-11-01T11:52:07Z")
Thank you Helen. Is this an instance: [HC Equality, Diversity and Inclusion](https://hoople.evolveauthoring.com/course?courseId=6745a3e23452e64dc31b0968#/content/page/674c5bef81f5935b38d1fa65) ---
**Author:** ![hbailey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/hbailey/32/603_2.png) [@hbailey](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/hbailey)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/course-layout-help/3948/4 "2025-11-01T12:20:12Z")
Ah ok yes got it. So.. Your Articles in your theme have a max width set on them of 1324px… ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/evolveauthoring/original/2X/9/9eeec3b1d498ddb1b09e9b5aa75cf31c84914321.png) And further down, your Article CONTENT has a max width of 1024px, which is fine, but the Margin for Left and Right as seen below needs to be set to Auto for both, otherwise the content will obey the left margin (5px) and try to obey the right one too, but because it is limited to 1024pm it won’t stretch out. Action: Set the below two margin settings to Auto and bingo! Centred. Then, if you want less padding either side, set the Max Width setting seen below to wider (or if you prefer, bring down the value in the top setting for Article Layout - to make the container narrower). ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/evolveauthoring/original/2X/4/40c84fc4bb63085d461fd733bedaafffae4de407.png) Hope that helps! ---
**Author:** ![Shane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Shane](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/Shane)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/course-layout-help/3948/5 "2025-11-01T13:40:24Z")
@hbailey thank you so much for your help!! ---
**Author:** ![hbailey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/hbailey/32/603_2.png) [@hbailey](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/hbailey)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/course-layout-help/3948/6 "2025-11-01T17:35:24Z")
You are most welcome. **Helen**