My current area of concern is the navigation at the bottom. The little headlines just looked too big to me. I was able to make all but one of them smaller because their class was defined as widgettitle. Here's the code:

.widgettitle {
font-size:14px!important;
}

Worked for everything except the Depo Categories & Archives widget (which I first removed and now have added back, in case anyone wants to help me solve this). It didn't work because it wasn't assigned a class like all the other widget titles. I can't change this one without affecting all my post titles.

Is this a bug that should be fixed?

Is there a workaround?

I'd really prefer to use the widget that's not working . . .

Your snippet of codes was a very important clue for me. I looked further at the html and discovered that the header I DIDN'T want to grow was defined as a class ("name"). So, I looked through the Dreamweaver tutorial and discovered how a class referred to in html should be referred to in CSS. Put it in, played with it, and it worked!

Here's the code I built out of YOUR code:

.name {
font-size:12px!important;
}

h1 {
font-size:60px!important;
margin:5px!important;
}

Thanks a million!

Did you notice that both the tagline and the masthead are h1? When I got the masthead the size I want, the tagline grew.

I think what I'll do, since you solved my most pressing problems, is do without the tagline until I learn enough CSS to figure out how to separate the now-intertwined fates of these two elements.

Thank you for much. As much as anything, the control you exercised over the white space really helps.

Thanks so much. I'll try and learn as much applicable CSS as I can so I won't be so dependent. You've given me some breathing room until I can do that.

h1{
font-size= 10px!important;
margin= 10px!important;
}

Play with it until it looks the way you want. The !important makes it override the stylesheet correctly.

How 'bout this one?

http://fwhostleader.wordpress.com/

There are two things I want to do. One is shrink the font, which appears not be possible through CSS (the HTML overrides the style sheet).

The other is to remove some of the white space top and bottom, maybe shrink the tagline/author line above it as well.

Can THAT be done with CSS? I've already identified the tagline as H1 and succeeded in changing it. The masthead appears to be an overridden H1.

I would really, really like to solve this because I love the 3-column wide space that allows me to emphasize 3 stories at once.

Thanks.

The best thing to do if you're unsure about purchasing the CSS upgrade is to use the free preview feature. You can check whether the changes you want to make will work before you pay the money to have them take effect.

As I peer into the HTML of the Incredibly Unshrinking Header, it looks like the header's size is set in the HTML, rather than in the CSS.

Am I correct on this?

I need to know, because that is the major reason for investing in the CSS upgrade. As pretty as it may be, there's just too much wasted space before you get to the meat of the blog. And if I can't do something about that Header, I don't know that I can use this theme.

Maybe it's time for TPTB to start working on DePo Masthead v2.0?

It appears to me that the header is not working in the real world the way it was meant to.

If you had the CSS upgrade and knew how to use it, you could certainly change the size of the header. But you would need to learn the CSS - there's no staff help for it and very few forum volunteers who know enough to help. You can try it out using the free preview option before you decide whether or not to pay.

"The header font changes size depending on the length of your blog title."

That would be cool—if it worked. Which, evidently, it doesn't.

I'm wondering the same thing. It's HUGE. It would be great if there was a built in way to change that size.

If I get the CSS upgrade, can I change it then? And do I have to learn everything about CSS first (I know absolutely nothing now)?

In your dashboard under settings > reading, what do you have under "Blog pages show at most"?

one issue i have is that the comment form warns visitors not to leave bad comments b/c they'll be deleted. i prefer to give my own instructions to my visitors. is there any way to change this?

is this right, that the widget “DePo Archives & Categories” shows only the first five categories? or is this a bug, which will be fixed?

i also realized, that the archive function isnt working correctly. when i want to see achived entries, only the first 10 were shown. the other entries i cant reach, there is no "older entries"-button or such thing.

1. The Next/ Previous post titles at the bottom overlap if your post titles are more than 3 words or so

I couldn't even find it when I tested it out.

WordPress.com or WordPress.org? The difference.

I've downloaded the theme, and I get the following error when I use it.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function post_class() in /home/mmuzone/domains/iqbalghaffar.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/depo-masthead/home.php on line 26

You may go to http://www.iqbalghaffar.com to see what I mean.

Any ideas what went wrong? Did I install it wrongly?

Note, we've listened to our user's requests and the theme is now widgetized in all three footer areas.