If the intent was a sticky/fixed top bar rather than an overlay effect, replace position: absolute with position: sticky; top: 0;.

Navbar overlays a hero image intentionally

<main> starts at the top of the page and gets overlapped.

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You are permitted to restructure the CSS for better maintainability (e.g., moving from inline-style logic to a structured BEM or utility-first approach).

Refactoring & Optimization

Ensure the source code follows the TheNeariBlogTheme naming conventions (e.g., using specific prefixes or hierarchical naming if applicable).

Extract all CSS from the <style> tag and refactor it into clean, reusable class variables.

Ensure the Primary Color and accent colors are updated to match the theme's branding established in previous design iterations.

Thematic Alignment

without excessive empty space

significantly reduce the padding/height

The new class should retain the typography and alignment of the original masthead

which forces a large height/padding designed to accommodate a background image.

Properly exposes selected text to the Services API

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