Bharath

Don’t edit the main theme because when you update it the changes will be lost. Always create a child theme for your customizations. That said,

changing the following in your css file

ul.navigation{background:#000 url(images/nav.png) repeat-x left top;

to

ul.navigation{background:#000;

will remove the background image for the navigation.

Check the changes to the code in the following link.
https://wordpress.pastebin.com/sjX3Y8XZ

Let me know if it didnt work. Thank You

In your style.css file, go to #top-bar, then add display:none.
Check the code in the following link.

https://wordpress.pastebin.com/Q4WyYP7B

In your case the style.css is located in /wp-content/themes/graphene/style.css

hi saracen, i am also looking for the same code as u asked . can u post that code for the loop pls. the first 5 posts in full and next 5 just titles.

its very strange that no one can help us out
i even asked in wordpress irc channel. no positive response till now