diff --git a/doc/source/_static/custom.css b/doc/source/_static/custom.css
index b21f55c..60a9232 100644
--- a/doc/source/_static/custom.css
+++ b/doc/source/_static/custom.css
@@ -1,4 +1,35 @@
+/* this is for the sphinx_rtd_theme
 div.wy-nav-content
 {
 	    max-width: 100% !important;
 }
+*/
+div.body {
+    max-width: 100%;
+}
+
+div.bodywrapper {
+    margin: 0 0 0 26%;
+}
+
+div.sphinxsidebar {
+    width: 25%;
+}
+
+pre, tt, code {
+    font-size: 0.75em;
+}
+
+@media screen and (max-width: 875px) {
+    div.bodywrapper {
+        margin: 0;
+    }
+    div.sphinxsidebar {
+        width: 102.5%;
+    }
+    div.document {
+        width: 100%;
+    }
+}
+
+
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 273fc13..70be1b6 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -99,8 +99,9 @@ default_role = 'any'
 # The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
 # a list of builtin themes.
 #
-import sphinx_rtd_theme
-html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
+#import sphinx_rtd_theme
+#html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
+html_theme = 'alabaster'
 
 # If not None, a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page
 # bottom, using the given strftime format.
@@ -113,7 +114,10 @@ html_last_updated_fmt = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M'
 # further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
 # documentation.
 #
-# html_theme_options = {}
+html_theme_options = {
+    'page_width': '100%',
+    'fixed_sidebar': True,
+}
 
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,