thanks tim , that first method worked and i just adjusted the % width to suit. cheers mate! 

 just tryig to use it the way you wrote it but wont accept. maybe its this template

thanks tim, thats what i thoiught youd be able to do, just add custom css to that template. however, its not working either, says its invalid CSS. Invalid custom CSS: Certain At-rules are not supported. Try using global css

no luck  i dont think it recognises the template.name as a trigger

ive tried it with the template name, but no go -  {%- if template.name == 'wide-profile-template' -%}<style>.site-page .page-content { max-width: 100%; }</style>{%- endif -%} 

thanks for that solution it worked on the single page, can i apply it to a particular page template somehow, so all pages created with that tempate have the full width? 

thanks that works for the page, but can i apply it to a page template? so whenever i create a new page with that template it goes to full width?  

trying to make a particular page template in shopify be full width so the tables are wider and dont need to be scrolled. i dont want this for the entire website just the pages using page-wide-profile template. heres an example of the page i need to w...