Changing header in wordpress

biginch

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I am using one of the available templates in Wordpress. I dont know a damn thing about php. I want to add my own header onto my blog. Does anyone know how I can do this so it will be a little more customized.

Thanks
 
If it's just an image, look at the dimensions and replace it with an image of the same dimensions.
 
I am using one of the available templates in Wordpress. I dont know a damn thing about php. I want to add my own header onto my blog. Does anyone know how I can do this so it will be a little more customized.

Thanks

php is basically html with a few added things. Tell you what, if you can explain to me exactly what you want in your header, or show me on another page or in a drawing, and show me your blog url so I can see the template your are using, I can try and see if I can whip up the php code for you. No promises but I will give it a try.
 
1. If its an image, go in the images folder of the theme and just edit the picture with an image editor, or rename an already existing image as your header image is called (make sure it matches the height and weight of the original image).

2. If you want to replace the image with text or menu, or add an horizontal menu there is more to write about...

As JellyBean said, better write your blog's url or explain better..

Cheers,
Wanda.
 
For me I'll just copy the whole php coding and paste it into dreamweaver than edit it there.
 
If you already have the blog theme up and running, just go to your blog and right-click the header image. Then click 'Save Picture' to get the filename of the image. You can also go ahead and save a copy on your hard drive. Then you can easily view the properties to get height and width.

Next get or create the image of your choice with the same or similar dimensions. Upload the new image, with the same filename that your theme is using, to your server, overwriting the original file. The image file is usually located in /wp-content/themes/ directory with the name of the theme, then it might be in an 'images' directory.
 
All I do is that I go to Design> Theme editor

Than I just copy the php from there.
 
I haven't known why but is learning a tough thing to do?

I got lynda tuts downloaded for php along with a dummies ebook for php..
 
I wouldn't sweat the php if all you want to do is change the header. Do you know how to access your backend via ftp? You probably did this if you uploaded the theme to your site. If so, then all you need to do is create your own header, using the same proportions (the pixel by pixel size listed if you hover or right click the original header graphic), change the name of it to the header name and overwrite (reupload) the original header.

Yup you can do that too. Totally forgotten about that.
 
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