Header Image Height

Do not edit the Twenty Eleven theme. First create a child theme for your changes. Or install a custom CSS plugin.

FWIW, I can’t see any horizontal scrolling on your site.

I have a child theme in place. What code do i need to re-size the header?

I was told that my image was too large and you have to scroll down the page to read it, so i am trying to make the image shorter so it does not require users to scroll vertically as much.

Thanks!

Have you tried resizing the header image itself? The height is caused by the size of the actual image.

What image? Where?

I have a child theme in place.

no activated right now – make sure to activate the child theme for the customisations; not using a child theme can have unwanted effects…

the header image size is set in functions.php – something that simple forum search would have told you;

you will need to add a functions.php into the child theme (if you haven’t one already) and add (make sure to have <?php in the first line and ?> in the last line of functions.php):

function twentyelevenchild_custom_header_setup() {
	$header_args = array( 'height' => 175, 'width' => 1000 );
	add_theme_support( 'custom-header', $header_args );
}
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'twentyelevenchild_custom_header_setup' );

afaik, the header size will only effecte later uploads; the existing headers will stay the same as they are.