Title: Multiple Blogs, One WordPress Install, Multiple Headers
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Multiple Blogs, One WordPress Install, Multiple Headers

 *  [pixelgecko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pixelgecko/)
 * (@pixelgecko)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-blogs-one-wordpress-install-multiple-headers/)
 * i’ve tried googling this to no avail… maybe i’m missing something, but i figured
   i’d try here.
 * i’ve installed wordpress and created multiple blogs using symbolic links as directed
   [here](http://striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia/2006/10/hello-again-world/), and 
   everything looks great.
 * however, what i’d like to accomplish is to have each blog have its own header.
   i’m reading up on something that looks like something i’d like to do, but i’m
   not sure how to do this. could someone direct me in baby steps? what i’m referring
   to is this:
 * `include (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/’ . ABSPATH . ‘header.php’);`
 * i don’t quite understand how this works, or what i’m supposed to do, but in reading
   someone’s post who had succeeded in doing what i wanted, i figured this code 
   must be doing what i want, but i tried it and it didn’t work.
 * i’m hoping someone out there has had experience in this and will be able to help
   me out. thanks!

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 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-blogs-one-wordpress-install-multiple-headers/page/2/#post-603029)
 * [@joni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joni/): I keep sending you email.
   Would you like to contact me? atthe404 at gmail dot com. 🙂
 *  [Dgold](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dgold/)
 * (@dgold)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-blogs-one-wordpress-install-multiple-headers/page/2/#post-603032)
 * Thanks for the idea joni, but I don’t see any feature of headspace2 plugin that
   addresses this.
 *  [jonimueller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonimueller/)
 * (@jonimueller)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-blogs-one-wordpress-install-multiple-headers/page/2/#post-603033)
 * Root!!! I haven’t received any email from you! I’ll contact you now!!
 *  [jonimueller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonimueller/)
 * (@jonimueller)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-blogs-one-wordpress-install-multiple-headers/page/2/#post-603034)
 * [@dgold](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dgold/) .. well I thought maybe 
   since that plugin lets you have different headers for different pages, it might
   work in the OP’s case as well, as he wants a different header for each blog…
 *  [Dgold](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dgold/)
 * (@dgold)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-blogs-one-wordpress-install-multiple-headers/page/2/#post-603035)
 * I hope someone can say if it is possible to put the PHP that echos a Custom Field
   Value, inside of a URL. If so, how to write it?
 * Should be something like this,
 *     ```
       <img src="http://example.com/
       ?PHP get_post_meta('1','header-name','true'); STOP PHP
       -header.jpg">
       ```
   
 * If someone kindly corrects my mangled PHP, then I can test this method.
 *  Thread Starter [pixelgecko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pixelgecko/)
 * (@pixelgecko)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-blogs-one-wordpress-install-multiple-headers/page/2/#post-603194)
 * It’s been a week – and still nobody has a solution for us? Dgold, I’ve been doing
   a bit of search on the PHP forums, and I think we might have better luck there(
   I haven’t had much time the last week to dig into this any deeper). Let me know
   if you find a solution – email me pixelgecko (at) gmail (dot) com if you do. 
   Thanks…
 *  [Stephen Rider](https://wordpress.org/support/users/strider72/)
 * (@strider72)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-blogs-one-wordpress-install-multiple-headers/page/2/#post-603235)
 * Hi — just discovered this discussion (I’m the multiblog guy — glad to see some
   discussion!) 🙂
 * I only have a minute at the moment — might get back to this when I have a bit
   of time…
 * What you might try is using the get_virtual_user() function to call the name 
   of the current blog. (The function is defined in mb_functions.php)
 * Then you can call header-<blogname>.php in your template <– that’s pseudocode,
   short on time!
 * Hope that helps. One of these days I need to write up an extensive “tips” page
   for this system. The discussions surrounding it have turned up some interesting
   techniques. 🙂
 *  [dvdizon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvdizon/)
 * (@dvdizon)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-blogs-one-wordpress-install-multiple-headers/page/2/#post-603238)
 * I hope strider72 comes back and gives us more specific instructions on how to
   do it =0
 * jonimueller: I tried headspace2 and set up the plugin, but the theme is not changing
   for the certain page.
 *  [ivovic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ivovic/)
 * (@ivovic)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-blogs-one-wordpress-install-multiple-headers/page/2/#post-603239)
 * guys, someone already mentioned that the variables for the blog name and the 
   blog description were already different… so, you should be able to use the (augmented)
   blog name as the filename for a .jpg.
 *  [Stephen Rider](https://wordpress.org/support/users/strider72/)
 * (@strider72)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-blogs-one-wordpress-install-multiple-headers/page/2/#post-603254)
 * I know this is an old post, but I thought I would follow up….
 * The new version of my Virtual Multiblog system includes a VUSER constant, which
   cleanly distinguishes which is the current blog. You could easily use this to
   call `header-VUSER.php`, or whatever you like.
 * Hope it helps! 🙂
 * Also, the link has changed:
 * [Virtual Multiblog](http://striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia/features/virtual-multiblog/)
 *  [Dgold](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dgold/)
 * (@dgold)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-blogs-one-wordpress-install-multiple-headers/page/2/#post-603263)
 * Thanks for posting again. I’ve got a little free time over the holiday and I 
   am back to messing with my multi-blogs.

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