Title: Decrease empty space near top
Last modified: March 1, 2018

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# Decrease empty space near top

 *  Resolved [manythings](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manythings/)
 * (@manythings)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/decrease-empty-space-near-top/)
 * Is there a way to decrease the amount of empty (vertical) space near the top 
   as in the screenshot at the link? I don’t use a header image and so there’s too
   much space. I don’t know how to write HTML but if someone gives me code I know
   how to paste it into the stylesheet.
 * Don’t know if it makes any difference but I only care what it looks like on desktop,
   not mobile.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fdecrease-empty-space-near-top%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/decrease-empty-space-near-top/#post-10029749)
 * Sure can you show us your website
 *  Thread Starter [manythings](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manythings/)
 * (@manythings)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/decrease-empty-space-near-top/#post-10029910)
 * Is it not possible to provide a solution based on the screenshot?
 *  [tarau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tarau/)
 * (@tarau)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/decrease-empty-space-near-top/#post-10030212)
 * Try this rule:
 *     ```
       #content {    
       /* reduces the gap at the top from POST to top menu bar*/
   
           padding-top: 35px;
       }
       ```
   
 * Play with the px number to see what happens.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by [tarau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tarau/).
 *  [nadjv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nadjv/)
 * (@nadjv)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/decrease-empty-space-near-top/#post-10030920)
 * I share a similar issue with the Twenty Seventeen theme where I have tried to
   add custom CSS from other closed forums to remove the white space on only the
   first section panel featured on the homepage in the static layout. Unfortunately,
   the coding that I enter revises the white space on every homepage section panel
   and website page.
 * Any chance anyone can assist me with only removing the white space (above and
   below the image) from the first section panel on the homepage of my site?
 * [http://www.dashingdulhan.com](http://www.dashingdulhan.com)
 * Thanks in advance!
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/decrease-empty-space-near-top/#post-10031270)
 * [@nadjv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nadjv/), in the “Additional CSS”
   section of the dashboard add this:
 *     ```
       .twentyseventeen-front-page .site-content {
           padding-top: 0;
       }
   
       .twentyseventeen-front-page .panel-content:first-child .wrap {
           padding-bottom: 0;
           padding-top: 0;
       }
       ```
   
 * _[https://codex.wordpress.org/CSS#Custom\_CSS\_in\_WordPress](https://codex.wordpress.org/CSS#Custom_CSS_in_WordPress)_
 *  [nadjv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nadjv/)
 * (@nadjv)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/decrease-empty-space-near-top/#post-10054075)
 * Thank you so much, Andrew!
    This worked perfectly!
 *  Thread Starter [manythings](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manythings/)
 * (@manythings)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/decrease-empty-space-near-top/#post-10091871)
 * Thanks Tarau, that worked.

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