Why is there a black bar under our menu bar?

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  makeyourmovefans · Member · Apr 28, 2013 at 7:42 pm

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  A black bar appears under the menu bar for some reason that wasn’t there before, and is not part of the design. The only thing we did is to make our top post a sticky post. Would that cause that?

  Our blog is makeyourmovefans.wordpress.com

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  timethief · Member · Apr 28, 2013 at 7:45 pm

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  It’s in the image. http://makeyourmovefans.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/cropped-banner-4.jpg

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  timethief · Member · Apr 28, 2013 at 7:47 pm

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  Oops! Now I see the black bar you mean below the menu and I don’t have an answer for you. I tagged this thread for a response form Themes Staff.

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  kobenland · Member · Apr 29, 2013 at 12:28 pm

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  Hello makeyourmovefans,

  The reason for the black bar was that there were sticky posts ready to be rendered as featured posts, but they did not have a post thumbnail. This created an empty container.

  I changed the logic, to only show the container if there are actually articles that fit all criteria to be displayed there.

  Thank you for bringing it to our attention!

  Best,
  Konstantin

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  makeyourmovefans · Member · Apr 29, 2013 at 3:41 pm

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  Thank you so much. I’m glad it’s gone!

  I don’t understand what you were telling me, however. I suppose I need to do some research to figure out how to “render something as a featured post” and “how to put a thumbnail” where ever I’m supposed to put it. LOL

  Can I ask where you changed the “logic”, so I can take a look at this or is this something only done on your end?

  Thanks again for your help!

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  timethief · Member · Apr 29, 2013 at 3:47 pm

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  Please consult your theme description. http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/itheme2/

  Sliders appear on the front page of blogs only.

  All you have to do to activate is have a sticky post with a featured image. Once you have one, the featured post area will appear. If you have more than 5, navigation arrows will appear on the left and right. Your visitors can then click through to see all the posts you’ve featured. http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/itheme2/

  The large featured image size is 593 wide by 261 high.
  The posts must be designated as sticky post > http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-visibility/#sticky-posts
  The featured images must be correctly set
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/featured-images/#setting-a-featured-image

  If you don’t see the Featured Image module on your Add New or Edit Post page, please make sure you’ve selected Featured Image in your Screen Options. http://en.support.wordpress.com/screen-options