How To Fix Common Themify Menu Formatting Mistakes

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How To Fix Common Themify Menu Formatting Mistakes

Your website’s menu should be clean, professional, and easy to navigate. However, small formatting mistakes can throw off the entire design, making your site look unbalanced or difficult to use. Many of the most common mistakes in Themify menus come from improper logo sizing, spacing issues, and poor transparency choices. Below are the biggest mistakes students made and how to fix them.

Fix Extra Space Around Your Logo

Uploading a logo file with unnecessary space around it causes the menu to take up too much room. This happens when students create a 500×500 pixel canvas but only place a 300×300 logo in the center. The extra transparent space forces the menu to expand beyond what’s necessary.

To fix this, always crop the logo to remove excess space before uploading. Use Photopea to resize the image so the file dimensions match the actual logo size as closely as possible. If your logo is 300×300 pixels, make sure the canvas is also 300×300.

Transparent Menu with a White Background Logo

Using a logo with a white background on a transparent menu makes the logo appear as a white box over the hero image, creating an unprofessional look.

To fix this, use a transparent PNG instead of a JPG. A PNG preserves the logo shape without a background, ensuring it blends properly with a transparent menu. If the logo must have a background, switch to a solid menu instead of a transparent one. If you can’t change the background, consider redesigning the logo to fit the menu style.

To fix this, use a transparent PNG instead of a JPG. A PNG preserves the logo shape without a background, ensuring it blends properly with a transparent menu. If the logo must have a background, switch to a solid menu instead of a transparent one. If you can’t change the background, consider redesigning the logo to fit the menu style.

Oversized Logos That Make the Menu Too Big

Uploading an oversized logo forces the menu bar to expand unnecessarily, making the navigation take up too much screen space. The logo itself does not have wasted space but it has been uploaded too big.

To fix this, adjust the logo size in Themify Customizer > Site Logo & Tagline. The ideal logo height is 100-150 pixels to keep the menu balanced. If resizing doesn’t fix the issue, check for additional padding around the logo and reduce it.

Too Much Space Above and Below the Menu

Excessive spacing around the menu pushes the rest of the site’s content down, making the navigation area look too large. If you do not have extra space in your logo and your logo is the correct size then you need to adjust your margins to remove the extra space above and below your menu.

To fix this, adjust padding and margins in Customize > Main Navigation > Menu Container > Margins. If the issue persists, check the Themify Builder settings for extra row spacing and remove unnecessary margins in the section settings. The goal is to keep the menu compact and visually balanced.

Round Logos Should Be Centered, Not Left-Aligned

Placing a round logo on the left side of the menu makes it look awkward and unbalanced.

For a better visual effect, use centered alignment for round logos. They naturally look better in the middle of the navigation. If a round logo must be left-aligned, consider adding text beside it to prevent it from looking isolated.

If you do this and your logo position does not change then you need to check that your page menu option is set to default.

Avoid Clashing Colors and Poor Contrast in the Menu

Your menu should be easy to read and visually appealing, but using clashing colors or poor contrast can make navigation difficult and unprofessional. A menu with a pink background, maroon text, and a red hover effect is overwhelming and hard to read. Colors should complement each other, not compete for attention.

For best results, stick to a simple, high-contrast color scheme. Use a neutral or brand-appropriate background color with text that stands out clearly. If you want to add an accent color for the hover effect, choose one that contrasts well but still fits your site’s overall design.

In addition to color issues, placing a huge round logo all the way to the left can make the menu feel unbalanced. Round logos naturally work better in the center. If a round logo must be placed on the left, it should be smaller and ideally paired with text to prevent it from looking out of place. A well-balanced menu with proper color contrast enhances usability and makes your website look more polished.

The place where you change your menu colors is shown below:

Avoid excessive menu items

If your navigation is cluttered, remove the “Home” link or group pages into submenus. There are too many options below and no capitalization.  If there are less options then the font size can be made larger to get rid of the excessive whitespace.

To get rid of menu option you will go to your menu editor in the dashboard

Final Reminders

• Use Photopea to properly crop and resize logos before uploading.
• Make the menu font large enough to be easily readable on all screen sizes.
• Remove unnecessary taglines (In your main Themify settings) from the menu to keep it clean and professional.
• If using a centered logo only put 2 menu items on each side so it is even.