Title: efficient with header space
Last modified: September 3, 2016

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# efficient with header space

 *  [willemb2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willemb2/)
 * (@willemb2)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/efficient-with-header-space/)
 * I like WordPress, but most themes waste a lot of vertical space. This is a drawback
   in a time where widescreen is the only screen you can get. Hardware manufacturers
   seem to think that the only thing we do with computers all day is watching HD
   movies. In the meantime software manufacturers chock up our screens with toolbars
   and banners. The consequence of the widescreen craze in WordPress is that you
   have to scroll down after 1 or 2 posts.
    This theme has a very nice solution 
   by putting the main menu next to the header picture and there is not a single
   pixel wasted above or under the header image. Apart from that I like the basic,
   clean, minimalistic appearance.
 * Some points I would like to see improved:
    1. The Open Sans font appears huge
   on my Windows computers. Even if I use Chrome or Firefox. On the other hand it
   is an advantage on smartphones or smaller tablets. I used the Custom CSS plugin
   to change it to good old Verdana. Or you can resize it to lets say 0.85em. 2.
   I would like to use a header picture with less height. But when installing a 
   picture the cropping seems to be locked at 19:6 aspect ratio. 3. I get persistent“
   Read more” buttons on the front page, even if a post is only a few lines, and
   even if I don’t use the excerpt function (more tag) in longer posts. 4. Whatever
   name I set for the custom menu in Appearance > Menu’s, It is shown as “Navigation”
   in the side bar. This can be confusing on a blog about nautical subjects. The
   creator of this theme uses a picture of boats on a shipyard as preinstalled header
   image. Maybe that got away with him 😉 I tested the Sticky Header plugin from
   ThematoSoup with this theme and it works great. N.B.: this plugin does not make
   the real header sticky, it creates an extra header that appears floating on top
   when you scroll down.

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 *  Theme Author [Guido](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guido07111975/)
 * (@guido07111975)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/efficient-with-header-space/#post-7876653)
 * Hi,
 * Thanks for your extensive review.
 * 1) I like the big font-size but you can change this is file style (look for ‘
   body’). Currently it’s set on 1em (default). Underneath ‘body’ you can change
   the headers (Widgets titles and Navigation are H4).
    2) You can set another height
   in file Functions. Look for ‘Custom header’. If you want less height, you should
   adjust height of your picture as well, else pic might not be displayed properly.
   3) Please check my response in forum 4) ‘Navigation’ is hardcoded in theme and
   you can change this in translation file (see file readme for more info about 
   translation) OR directly in file header (I do not recommend last option).
 * Note: sticky posts are supported in my themes.
 * Guido

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