Title: remvoving top header margin
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# remvoving top header margin

 *  [denisebiondo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/denisebiondo/)
 * (@denisebiondo)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remvoving-top-header-margin/)
 * hi there, i have a site that will lining up properly when i remove the <?php 
   wp_head(); ?> tag from the header file. but i need to keep it intact so that 
   i can get plugins to work properly. here is the page that i’m working on, and
   i would really be grateful for any feedback about how i could get the background
   image to line up at the top: [http://www.leighbardugo.com/glamour/](http://www.leighbardugo.com/glamour/)
 * i’ll paste the code from my style.css code below. it’s quite hacked up at this
   point, but any advice is appreciated! (oddly enough it’s showing up okay in firefox.)
 * thanks, denise
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 *  [Star Verte LLC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/starverte/)
 * (@starverte)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remvoving-top-header-margin/#post-2490953)
 * I just looked at your site (which looks really cool, by the way) in Chrome, Firefox,
   Opera, and Safari on my iMac. I don’t see what you are talking about.
 * If you are having the problem in IE, and only in IE, then I would make this suggestion:
 * Copy your style.css and name it style-ie.css
 * Then, in your header.php file, you should copy and paste this code:
 *     ```
       <!--[if lt IE 9]>
       <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/style-ie.css" />
       <![endif]-->
       ```
   
 * Then, edit this stylesheet to make it look good in IE.
 *  Thread Starter [denisebiondo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/denisebiondo/)
 * (@denisebiondo)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remvoving-top-header-margin/#post-2491128)
 * oh, my gosh… i think that it fixed itself! sometimes turning off the computer
   and doing something else is the best thing to do! wow. i’ll keep this bit of 
   code should i run into the problem again. thanks so much for your feedback, and
   your compliments 🙂
 *  [Troy Chaplin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/areziaal/)
 * (@areziaal)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remvoving-top-header-margin/#post-2491130)
 * This may have been related to the admin bar. If you were logged in and didn’t
   have `<?php wp_footer(); ?>` somewhere before your closing body tag, then the
   script for the admin bar wouldn’t load, yet the css for it that loads through`
   <?php wp_head(); ?>` would cause a 28px margin at the top to be added on all 
   pages.
 *  [Star Verte LLC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/starverte/)
 * (@starverte)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remvoving-top-header-margin/#post-2491140)
 * Now that Troy mentions it, I think that is actually most likely your problem.
   I know I have disabled the admin bar from showing up when viewing some of my 
   sites, because it does mess with the positioning of some elements.

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