Home page issue - image gets cut off by header

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Topic summary

A user encountered an issue where their homepage’s main image was being covered by the header, with only the bottom portion visible. They initially found code to fix this problem, but it created excessive padding on all other pages of their site.

Proposed Solution:
Another user suggested modifying the code to target only the homepage by:

  • Adding a JavaScript condition checking if window.location.pathname === '/'
  • Alternatively, adding a “home” class to the homepage body element and using it as a CSS selector

This approach would isolate the fix to the homepage without affecting other pages.

Current Status:
The original poster was unable to successfully resolve the issue despite attempting the suggested solutions. Any code added to fix the homepage consistently caused problems across all site pages. They are now working on implementing a new theme instead of continuing to troubleshoot the header overlap issue.

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A couple of months ago, I noticed that the main image on my website had been covered by the header. Just the bottom of that image was visible. So, I searched this group and found code to solve the issue. It worked, but now all the other pages of the site have excessive padding and customers need to scroll down to see content. Any suggestions to correct the issue on the homepage only? If I remove the code that I added, all pages would revert back to normal but the homepage main image would be blocked by the header.

laplantation.ca

The theme is debut

Thanks for your help.

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You can modify the code you added to target only the homepage and not affect the other pages. To do that, you can add a condition to check if the current page is the homepage, and if so, apply the CSS styles you added.

Here’s an example:

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if (window.location.pathname === '/') { // Your code to fix the header covering the main image }

 

This code uses the window.location.pathname property to get the current URL path of the page, and compares it to the root URL (/). If it’s the homepage, the code inside the if statement will be executed.

You can also add a class to the body of the homepage and use that as a selector for your CSS styles, like this:

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<body class="home">

 

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.home .header { position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; z-index: 999; } .home .header + .main-image { padding-top: 100px; }

 

This way, you can isolate the styles you added to only affect the homepage, without affecting the other pages.

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Thank you. I will try this.

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Thank you.

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Would you be able to share the location of the code you found/used to fix this issue? We are having the same issue with my work site currently and I’m trying to resolve it.

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Actually, I was not able to correct the issue and am currently working on a new theme. Any code that I added to correct the home page always applied to all the site pages resulting in an issue no matter what. I am sorry that I cannot help you further.