Title: Padding question
Last modified: March 15, 2017

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# Padding question

 *  [chgpublishing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chgpublishing/)
 * (@chgpublishing)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/padding-question/)
 * Is there any easy way of reducing the top and bottom padding throughout the theme
   as a whole? My sites are looking a bit daft with so much gap between the top 
   of the window (or the bottom of the menu)……..?
 * I presume the setting is somewhere in the main CSS file, but I cannot find it!
 * Thanks.
 * PS: The “boxed” setting appears to be playing up in the current version and is
   not working every time….

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 *  Theme Author [satoristudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/satoristudio/)
 * (@satoristudio)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/padding-question/#post-8917474)
 * Hey [@chgpublishing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chgpublishing/),
 * thank you for choosing Bento! Could you please provide a link to the website,
   in case it’s available live – seeing the actual code will enable me to provide
   a more precise recommendation. Thanks!
 * Sincerely,
    Andrii / Satori Studio
 *  Thread Starter [chgpublishing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chgpublishing/)
 * (@chgpublishing)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/padding-question/#post-8917823)
 * Hi Andrii,
 * The site in question is: chgpublishing.com/boystuffmagazine
 * Thanks,
    CHG.
 *  [ianpjames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ianpjames/)
 * (@ianpjames)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/padding-question/#post-8919368)
 * I have the same question. I cannot find where I would change the padding between
   my different website sections. There way too much padding between certain sections
   right now. My site is not published, I’m working on it using Desktop Server at
   the moment, and I won’t publish it while it looks like this.
    Thanks, Ian
 *  Theme Author [satoristudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/satoristudio/)
 * (@satoristudio)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/padding-question/#post-8921649)
 * Hey [@chgpublishing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chgpublishing/), your
   website displays [like this](http://satoristudio.net/files/screenshot_boystuff.png)
   on my machine, in Chrome. I don’t seem to be able to spot any extra padding –
   could you please give some additional guidance or provide a screenshot of how
   it looks on your side, if differently? Thanks!
 * [@ianpjames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ianpjames/), could you please
   also provide the URL of the website and a screenshot of the page as viewed from
   your machine – this way I will be able to provide a specific, actionable recommendation.
   Thanks for your patience!
 * Sincerely,
    Andrii / Satori Studio
 *  Thread Starter [chgpublishing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chgpublishing/)
 * (@chgpublishing)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/padding-question/#post-8940137)
 * Hi Andrii,
 * Your screenshot is the same as what I am getting, but I think the gap between
   the top of the window and the logo (in the menu) and the text in the main part
   is way too big…….?? That’s what I would like to be able to reduce somewhat, so
   that when I place one-line extra links on the first line of my page, they come
   closer to the top of the window…..like on most sites??
 * Thanks,
    CHG
 *  Theme Author [satoristudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/satoristudio/)
 * (@satoristudio)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/padding-question/#post-8940287)
 * Hey [@chgpublishing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chgpublishing/),
 * this is how the theme has been envisaged, according to design best practices;
   if you really need to change the top padding, you can use some custom code (in
   the “Additional CSS” tab of the Customizer), e.g.:
 *     ```
       .@media screen and (min-width: 48em) { 
       .padding-top { 30px !important; }
       .header-side .site-header { 10px !important; }
       } 
       ```
   
 * Sincerely,
    Andrii / Satori Studio
 *  Thread Starter [chgpublishing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chgpublishing/)
 * (@chgpublishing)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/padding-question/#post-8956669)
 * Tried this but no change?? Perhaps I am entering it wrong? I copied and pasted
   the CSS you quoted but it made no change at all??
 *  Theme Author [satoristudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/satoristudio/)
 * (@satoristudio)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/padding-question/#post-8957341)
 * Hey CHG,
 * my apologies! An unnecessary point-mark. Please replace the above code with this
   one:
 *     ```
       @media screen and (min-width: 48em) { 
       .padding-top { 30px !important; }
       .header-side .site-header { 10px !important; }
       } 
       ```
   
 * Best,
    Andrii / Satori Studio

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