there are two things you could do
one would be to go into your style sheet and find this
}
#headerimg {
margin: 7px 9px 0;
height: 192px;
width: 740px;
}
and change the H&W to what your new image is
Second way would be to take the default header image to an image program, overlay it with a colour you find acceptable and center your new image within that frame then reupload.
Thanks,
I did both things (made the header on a background so that is blends in better, AND set it to the exact specifications of the header), but it still has the blue bars on the sides:
http://ultimatesalesman.net/blog.php
Is there some code that’s putting that bar there?
The default is a well-known PITA to modify. Get a decent theme…
as for the blue thingy – it is in your stylesheet:
#header {
background-color: #73a0c5; <==
margin: 0 0 0 1px;
padding: 0;
height: 200px;
width: 758px;
}
Hi, I wrote about a similar issue I had earlier, but I have no prayer of finding it in the forum at this point. I simply wanted to remove the default theme and that intrusive big blue header and just leave it blank. I’ve already got the blog placed within my web page through an IFrame. But I’m not sure how to get rid of the header. Is it just as simple as removing the header code as described above? Actually, that may not be a simple task the way this is set up.
Can anyone speak on this?
Also of importance, I did not actually download the WordPress blog directly from the site, but rather through my web host who provided it as open source. So this may cause some conflict with being able to change the coding. I’m new at this so not sure.
Thanks for the assistance.
Vinnie.
This never works out. The default has a drop shadow down the body in one graphic. It has more shadow on the header graphic. So either you need to recreate that shadow, or the widths won’t match, or the blue mess shows up. It is worth repeating – for any editing at all the default theme is not a good place to start.
Hey guys,
I fixed it. I changed the colour of the blue to the colour of the background, then recreated the drop shadow. Thanks for all the help!
Hoe can you install a Custom Image loader like the one used on some themes published on WordPress.com This is a great tool as it give you the option to crop the image to fit teh format. I tried downloading the ocean mist theme thinking I would get this option with the theme not to my disappointment it was not included.
Maybe I need to load a plug in but I do not know the name of it.
Thanks in advance
I would love to have the option of togggling the header depending on which page they have selected… without having to hard code the images all the time. But that is asking too much I guess.
