Chris,
There may be a plugin for that but plugins aside, you’d have to edit the header.php file. I created this video to show where you would add the image code to create a logo on the left side of the top of the page in the Twenty Twelve theme.
You can use this method to create the look you want on a page and then copy the code into the header.php file in the appropriate spot. I’m not sure what you’re using for a header picture slideshow but you may be able to align the company logo to the left as shown in my video and then just put the code for the slideshow right after it. This may achieve the look you’r going for. You should save a copy of header.php before messing with it in case it gets messed up.
Chris – you should absolutely avoid modifying theme files – especially in the default theme – instead first create a Child Theme:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
Any changes to theme files will be overwritten and lost when WP is updated and it’s also crucial to have a clean copy of the default theme for troubleshooting purposes.
Yeah, working with Child themes is the best option when needing to edit the theme files. There are some good plugins to easily create a Child Theme. The process can be a little confusing for beginners.
If I’m only making one little change like this to the theme files, I will sometimes just redo the change when updating the theme.
@webeminence – thanks for you help here, but really, please always go with recommending a child theme – it’s awful to have people post here saying, “oh my gosh, I didn’t make a child theme and now I lost a ton of work or my site crashed and it was the default theme that I modified all over the place…and someone here told me to do it that way, etc.” As you can understand, that’s really not a good situation – so we really try to help people avoid it :)!
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Thanks guys for your advice.
I went with your suggestion WPyogi and it was easier than I thought to create a ‘Child Theme’.
All I need to do now is figure out how to get the template header to appear how I want it to unless you have any pearls of wisdom for me?
Basically I want to have a logo to the left of my header and a header slide-show to the right.
Can I create a multi-column header or is it not that straightforward?
Would I need to modify style.css file in my new ‘Twenty Twelve Child’ theme folder or would I need to add a ‘header.php’ file to that folder and modify that?
Thanks again for your help.
Chris
