Putting a box around a widget

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  waxings · Member · Oct 15, 2010 at 12:00 pm

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  Hello, I’d like to put a box around just one of the widgets in my sidebar. Can anyone help? I’m using 2010 theme.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Oct 15, 2010 at 4:31 pm

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  If you are talking about a border around a text widget, then here is a post about how to code borders in html:
  http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/borders-pt-1/

  Of course you want it to fit properly in your sidebar:
  http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/sidebar-width/
  Twenty Ten sidebars 200, footers 220

  Sample of a black line around a text widget:
  <div style="border:1px solid #000000;width:200px;padding:.2em;">CONTENT HERE</div>

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  waxings · Member · Oct 16, 2010 at 12:25 am

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  Thanks, that’s great. :)

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Oct 16, 2010 at 1:36 am

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  Excellent.
  iIm happy it is what you wanted!

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