Title: Tricky theme for developers
Last modified: September 2, 2016

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# Tricky theme for developers

 *  [João Miguel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/babaloo/)
 * (@babaloo)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tricky-theme-for-developers/)
 * Twenty Thirteen is not a simple theme to work with if you are planning to use
   it as a base for customization with child themes.
 * Main issues to me, so far:
    1. Header image
    2. Header image is set to a fixed size, it gets chopped off for mobile devices.
       To get around this you’ll need to re-write the custom header function and its
       styles.
    3. Main navigation menu
    4. Default theme style for main nav uses display:block-inline for ul li elements,
       creating gaps between them. You’ll have to optimize the html render, deleting
       whitespaces and breaks to eliminate the gaps. Check the Output Otimizer plugin,
       it does the trick.
    5. Footer widget area
    6. Masonry sets a fixed width for footer widgets. If you ever want to use more 
       than 4 columns or justify any number of columns for the footer, editing the 
       theme styles won’t do it. Another instance where you’ll have to cut through 
       scarce documentation and obscurity to edit simple CSS.
        [support thread on the masonry js script for footer widgets](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/amend-widget-widths-and-positions-in-twenty-thirteen?replies=33)
 * Twenty Thirteen’s wireframe is a very nice, well thought and clear layout of 
   the html boxes, but looks can be deceiving. A no-brainer theme to be used as 
   default, but a heck of a challenge for customization.

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 *  [Shapeshifter 3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shapeshifter-3/)
 * (@shapeshifter-3)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tricky-theme-for-developers/#post-7850721)
 * Try the [Kelly](https://wordpress.org/support/view/theme-reviews/kelly) theme
   from Automattic instead. It might be better, and easier to work with.

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