You really should not be modifying theme files — as your changes will be lost when WP is updated – but rather using a Child Theme.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
Also, content would not typically go in the header.php file – can you describe a bit more what you want to do?
Yes, once completed the theme will be saved under a different name, it will no longer be under twenty eleven. This is how I’m doing it until I have a chance to study how to build child themes.
What I want to do is have the flag image on the left of each page- then the content to the right of it after a small amount of padding.
I originally tried to do it with index.php but read that will only make it show on the front page, when I want it on all pages. I read a suggestion to put it in header.php or footer.php. I put it in header and it is working, the issue is aligning the content up next to it.
Thanks for your reply.
Why not put it as a background image in the “primary” or “content” div?
WPyogi,
I already have one background image in that area, a small semi-transparent tile as the client wants the background to show through that area. I tried adding this on top of it as I saw recommended somewhere, but it didn’t work, or perhaps I did it wrong. I could combine both images into one background, however I don’t want the flags graphic to repeat, so I’d have to make it a fixed size, which would become an issue when the pages lengthen with content.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
The transparent background seems to be in the #page div – so why can’t you put the flags as a background image in the #main or #primary div?
And BTW, you really are digging yourself into a miserable spot by not creating a child theme now – you will have to redo almost all of your work to move it to a child theme later.
If you are familiar with FTP and creating file in a text editor, it should take you about 5 minutes to create one.
Excellent, that worked! Thank you so much for the help and advice 🙂
