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I am using the theme FILTERED by theme trust, in order to show pics on the home page, they need to be in 960×320 format, so i have created a 3 projects and inserted 1 image ( x3) so they show nicely on the home page. BUT, on the home page, i now have some blank white gaps that i think are these posts. Advice? I have made sure the block asking to post on the home page is not ticked, and have made the page private.