How to remove home page title bar

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  • #3169

    laurenr0789
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    How can I remove the title bar on my home page? I removed the words from it, but now it just shows a grey bar across the page that takes up space between my slider and the content below. I would like to pull all my content up. I would also like to make the top menu thinner so it pulls my slider up as well.

    Thanks in advance! I am new to web design and wordpress!

    #3171

    Andrew Misplon
    Keymaster

    Hi Lauren

    Thanks for reaching out 🙂 Welcome to the exciting world of WordPress.

    Removing Home Page Title
    Please, try going to Pages > Home, locate the Page Template drop-down menu in the right column, select the Full Width – No Title template.

    Header Height
    If you’re using Ultra Premium you can head over to Appearance > Customize > Theme Design > Header > Height (px) and adjust the header height from there.

    If you’re using Ultra Free you can install a plugin like Simple Custom CSS and add the following to Appearance > Custom CSS:

    /* Header Height */
    .site-header,.site-header .site-branding-container,.main-navigation .menu-search {
        height: 112px;
    }
    
    @media (min-width: 1024px) {
        #main-slider.overlap {
            margin-top: -112px;
        }
    }
    
    .main-navigation div > ul > li > a,.main-navigation .menu-search .search-icon:before {
        height: 112px;
        line-height: 112px;
    }
    
    .main-navigation ul ul {
        top: 109px;
    } 

    112px is the current height, all 112px values above will need to be adjusted to your new value. The final value, 109px, that should be changed to whatever your new value is minus 3px.

    Hope that helps 🙂

    #3194

    laurenr0789
    Participant

    Thank you so much! It worked perfectly. Now just one more question. I am assuming the answer will be similar to the above just with different code. Guess I need to learn CSS! How do I make the padding between the bottom of my slider and the top of my home page content smaller (so that it pulls my content up)?

    Thanks again for the quick reply and excellent service for a web design newbie.

    #3195

    Andrew Misplon
    Keymaster

    Super 🙂 Glad to hear that helped.

    Could you perhaps share a link to your site so I can inspect this next challenge? You can use the Set as private reply checkbox below if you’d like to keep it private.

    Thanks

    #3196

    laurenr0789
    Participant
    This reply has been marked as private.
    #3198

    Andrew Misplon
    Keymaster

    Sorry to hear about the hassle. We would need to see the site to assist further. To restore access, please, see:

    http://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-deactivate-all-plugins-when-not-able-to-access-wp-admin/

    To create an account for Puro so we can take a look, please, see below:

    Would it be possible for you to create a temporary user account so we can login and take a look? You can create a new user account from Users > Add New in WordPress. Below you’ll find the information to enter and actions to take:

    Username: puro
    Email: [email protected]
    Password: Click Show Password and copy the provided password to your clipboard (ctrl + c).
    Send User Notification: Disable this checkbox
    Role: Administrator

    Lastly, click Add New User. Once that’s done, please, reply to this thread and be sure to use the Set as private reply checkbox and send us your site’s URL (web address) and the password for our new user account.

    Once we’re done with this support ticket you can delete our user account.

    #3199

    laurenr0789
    Participant
    This reply has been marked as private.
    #3200

    Andrew Misplon
    Keymaster

    Thanks 🙂

    I’ve reduced the spacing by changing the page template for the home page to Page Builder Home. This should only be necessary for the home page.

    If you’d like to reduce the spacing even further you could insert the following at Appearance > Custom CSS and edit as required:

    /* Home */
    
    .home.siteorigin-panels-home .site-content {
      padding-top: 5px;
    }

    It’s possible this CSS is still present at Appearance > Custom CSS as I inserted it there for testing before the WordPress admin went to 404.

    You might have a memory shortage and could install the following plugin to check: https://wordpress.org/plugins/server-ip-memory-usage/. Once activated it will insert your memory usage as a percentage into the WordPress admin footer.

    #3203

    laurenr0789
    Participant

    Thanks again. I tried to remove the revision you did earlier because for some reason the title was showing in the menu bar even when I changed the setting back to Full Width – No Title, but it did not seem to work. The spacing is fine now… I just need the title gone again….

    Thank you!

    #3205

    Andrew Misplon
    Keymaster

    Thanks for your feedback. I’ve taken a look now and everything seems to be ok. Have you perhaps made progress?

    #3206

    laurenr0789
    Participant

    The only problem left is the title in the menu bar which I am trying to get rid of. It is showing on every page. I know I had gotten rid of it before…
    Screenshot of home page

    Again thanks so much for your help, it is truly appreciated, especially with all the problems I have been having with wordpress (kicks me out about every 20 minutes).

    #3207

    Andrew Misplon
    Keymaster

    Have you had a chance to install the memory plugin I mentioned and check PHP memory usage percentage?

    If you wanted to hide the site title you could add to Custom CSS:

    /* Site Title */
    .site-header .site-branding h1.site-title {
    	display: none;
    }
    #3208

    Andrew Misplon
    Keymaster
    #3209

    laurenr0789
    Participant

    Thank you! It’s not that it logs me out, it just freezes up and then gives me a 404 error, but as soon as I login to my host account (bluehost) to discuss the issue with them, it unfreezes.

    …atleast now I figured out all I have to do is login to bluehost and it will unfreeze, but something is not right for sure.

    #3210

    Andrew Misplon
    Keymaster

    Hopefully, Bluehost can assist further. Definitely not ideal.

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