Apparently just posting here fixed issue 1… “cover” worked this time without cutting off text. Interesting.
Braden – hope your issue is resolved soon!
I am having a similar issue. I don’t mind the white space under the header via mobile so much, but I want to get rid of the white space on either side of the header image. The theme made me crop the image (no “skip cropping” option like there often is), otherwise it would have been fine — kerriontheprairies.com