diff --git a/app/models/course.rb b/app/models/course.rb
index 248f80e0b..dc31485f8 100644
--- a/app/models/course.rb
+++ b/app/models/course.rb
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ class Course < ActiveRecord::Base
     #description.gsub(/^(.{#{length}}[^\n\r]*).*$/m, '\1...').strip if description
   end
 
+  # 课程的短名称信息
+  def short_name(length = 8)
+    name.gsub(/<\/?.*?>/,"").html_safe if name
+  end
+
   def strip_html(html)
     return html if html.empty? || !html.include?('<')
     output = ""
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_base_header.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/_base_header.html.erb
index 9b03fd776..bd21c4fff 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_base_header.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_base_header.html.erb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
                   <ul class="course_sub_menu">
                     <% User.current.courses.each do |course| %>
                         <% if !course_endTime_timeout?(course) %>
-                            <li><%= link_to course.name, course_path(course) %></li>
+                            <li><%= link_to course.name.truncate(10, omission: '...'), course_path(course) %></li>
                         <% end %>
                     <% end %>
                   </ul>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
               <li id="project_loggedas_li"><%= link_to l(:label_my_projects), {:controller => 'users', :action => 'user_projects', id: User.current.id, host: Setting.project_domain} %>
                 <ul class="project_sub_menu">
                   <% User.current.projects.each do |project| %>
-                      <li><%= link_to project.name, project_path(project) %></li>
+                      <li><%= link_to project.name.truncate(10, omission: '...'), project_path(project) %></li>
                   <% end %>
                  </ul>
               </li>
diff --git a/public/themes/redpenny-master/stylesheets/application.css b/public/themes/redpenny-master/stylesheets/application.css
index f1726426d..c9b14bdbb 100644
--- a/public/themes/redpenny-master/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/themes/redpenny-master/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -2170,7 +2170,7 @@ ul.messages-for-user-reply li {
     left: 115px;
     padding-bottom: 5px;
     position: absolute;
-    top: 40px;
+    top: 0px;
     font-size: 1.1em;
     margin: 0px auto;
     padding: 0px 0px;