Extra Space in H1 tags

The problem occuur when you are building your h1 tag using PHP.
Simple way to fix it is to make sure the h1,h2,h3 tags are built on a single line without line breaks.

In Joomla, article titles, page titles and module titles are in most case overwritten by your template under /templates/yourtemplates/html/com_content/ or whichever is overwritten.

If you want to fix your problem for you template just go there in template override folder com_content is the component building article layouts and in every article layout your article title must be created somewhere.

Make sure they are construct on a single line if you plan to use Cufon.

Single article layout.
<h2 class="title"><?php if ($params->get('link_titles') && !empty($this->item->readmore_link)) : ?><a href="<?php echo $this->item->readmore_link; ?>"><?php echo $this->escape($this->item->title); ?></a><?php else : ?><?php echo $this->escape($this->item->title); ?><?php endif; ?></h2>

Blog Item Layout
<h2 class="title"><?php if ($params->get('link_titles') && $params->get('access-view')) : ?><a href="<?php echo JRoute::_(ContentHelperRoute::getArticleRoute($this->item->slug, $this->item->catid)); ?>"><?php echo $this->escape($this->item->title); ?></a><?php else : ?><?php echo $this->escape($this->item->title); ?><?php endif; ?></h2>

In your template it might be an H1 tag. You will have to do similar modification to other layouts also. If you experiencing same behavior with module titles look in the file modules.php again under HTML folder in your template and make sure H3 tags are construct on a single line.

Good Luck


Jean-Christohe Viau
Joomla Expert at Devel Solution

A negative margin cheat will suffice. I prefer not to, but may not have a choice.

I tried the Beez and still have the space. When i turn off the plugin, the space is gone. I also triple checked for an extra space in the title and found none.

Turning off the linkable title does work, but that will hurt SEO. The CSS changes did nothing, unfort.

I would prefer to have the title linkable, any other suggestions?

Thanx for your time

Great plugin, makes Cufon a breeze to use. I have had a problem that i cannot solve, and for a new site i must fix it.

When using the Cufon plugin, and extra space is created before the H1 tag.

See an Example

Inspect the Element with Firebug and you will notice...with an empty alt tag. It is only on H1 tags, everything else is fine.

It seems like it is adding a non-existent word spacing. I have tried all the solutions in the forum including moving the plugin to the last position in the System list & the reinstall method. I have not been able to find a script error, though this is not my strong point.

I am currently using Version: 1.3.0 with Joomla Version 1.5.20

Thanx in advance