Ok, i hear lots of thoughts about the big header. Let me just give you mine...
Someone mentioned its big cause its designed, and actually he is right. Its big cause it was just a call of design and a matter of taste. I wont agree that big header wont convert better then more standard one. The main act of a big header is to catch an eye for a surfer, plus place the top ads for its direct header conversion. Ok, its a call of design and a matter of taste, someone can call it simply not suitable and someone gonna give it a try and might find its winning keystone. The truth is that so many webmasters just hate changing things around significally trying out new waves of design, structures and its ok as we stick to what converts the best but i am just sure that someone would just love the big header and its done for those
P.S. Next theme is going to be made with much reduced header sized theme or shell i try to get rid of the header at all... hmmm why not

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