Title: Custom Theme Header Issue
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Custom Theme Header Issue

 *  [Plusbits](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plusbits/)
 * (@plusbits)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-header-issue/)
 * Hey all,
 * I’ve been coding my own theme for my website [http://www.plusbits.co.uk/words/](http://www.plusbits.co.uk/words/)
   but for some reason the text just under the nav bar seems to be independant of
   the rest of the page. I’ve tried putting it in both the header and index sections
   but neither of them seem to work and I have no real way of styling it.
 * As is visible, there’s supposed to be a border at the top and bottom however 
   it migrates to the top and cuts through the navigation bar. I have no idea why
   it’s happening and I’ve tried everything, from using new divs and spans, using
   different methods for styling it, as well as trying margins and padding and none
   of them seem to work!
 * Does anyone have any ideas? I can easily upload any code if people wish to view
   it but it’d be a lot so I’m not exactly sure what to post right now! Any help
   would be greatly appreciated.

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 *  [peredur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peredur/)
 * (@peredur)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-header-issue/#post-2529506)
 * Your menu is floated left and therefore does not contribute to the height of 
   its containing element. Since the #container element does not clear the float,
   the junction between the #container and the #header is immediately after the 
   last non-floated item in the #header (i.e. p.line2).
 * Adding `clear: left;` to the #container properties should sort it out.
 * HTH
 * PAE
 *  Thread Starter [Plusbits](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plusbits/)
 * (@plusbits)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-header-issue/#post-2529530)
 * Thank you so much, that’s sorted it! 😀
 * Thank you again!
 *  [peredur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peredur/)
 * (@peredur)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-header-issue/#post-2529541)
 * De nada
 * PAE

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 * [css](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/css/)
 * [custom](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/custom/)
 * [nav](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/nav/)

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 * Last reply from: [peredur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peredur/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-header-issue/#post-2529541)
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