Don't like the big e - l - o - n - g - a - t - e - d comment box that was begifted you along with the 'comment pics'?
Copy the previous into your "Input your own Header HTML" section.
And if you're using a "Custom Header" now (no banner) and don't want simply to abandon it by switching to this "Input your own Header HTML" route to reduce the comment box, you can play with the font, font sizes, colors, and text in the example below (first part) to reproduce your current custom header. Copy/paste all into "Input your own Header HTML". This will allow you to recreate your header AND reduce the comment box size.
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