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1. rachelshoots
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi,

   I want to use an image that isn't 198 by 940 (the default size for Tenty-Ten header images). I've seen a lot of posts recommending that the user change the functions.php file. I have 3 specific questions:

   1) I can't find the functions.php file. Where is it?
   2) My site is hosted by WordPress itself. I read that WordPress does not allow custom themes on sites it hosts itself. Is that why I can't find functions.php?
   3) Is it possible to change the header image size via the CSS stylesheet? How? I tried this code and it didn't work:

   #headerimg {
   height:100px;
   width:940px;
   margin:7px 9px 0;
   }

   Thanks,
   Rachel

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   1)
   functions.php is in the theme folder, side-by-side with index.php, single.php, style.css, and all the others

   to edit it, go to the 'dashboard - appearance - editor' then selct it from the list on the right

   2)
   that explains why you can't find the functions.php - as a customer of wordpress.com, you have limited access to files.

   so forget 1) as you can't edit anything else than style.css.

   for more support see
   http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

   3)
   as the themes at wordpress.com can be quite different from 'free' themes, the best is to ask at the wordpress.com support forum http://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/support

3. rachelshoots
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks. I'd suspected #2 was what was going on, but couldn't find it anywhere. Argh! Who thought changing the size of my header would be so hard?

4. lgedeon
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Rachel,

   Since you are really just wanting a smaller image you do have another option. Upload a 940x198 image where the top half is what you want and the bottom half is (white/transparent/doesn't really matter). Then use CSS similar to this:

   #branding {
   height:150px;
   overflow:hidden;
   }

   I am not sure about the height because the branding box includes the site-title and the image. Might have to experiment a bit. But you will definitely want to adjust "#branding" instead of "#branding img" because will just flatten the image.

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