Title: need custom header
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# need custom header

 *  [mike20855](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mike20855/)
 * (@mike20855)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-custom-header/)
 * i’m having trouble finding a theme which will give me what i want. i want to 
   have a logo at the top of the header and then a banner image which will be a 
   slideshow of images i’ll upload. does anyone know of a theme which will do this?
   i’ve seen themes which do one or the other but not both

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 *  [bondies](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bondies/)
 * (@bondies)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-custom-header/#post-4083531)
 * Mike,
 * Why not select a theme that has the basic layout you want & is something that
   you like the look of visually. Then create a child theme ([http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes))
   based on it.
 * When you say
 * > a banner image which will be a slideshow of images
 *  I am assuming you mean something like `jQuery Cycle` ([http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/](http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/)).
   If that is the case as getting jQuery to work in WordPress is far from impossible
   but can be tricky I would go for a theme that already has that in it, and then
   just extend it to have the static top header picture you are looking for.
 * HTML & CSS wouldn’t be overly difficult, just copy the style.css file and the
   header.php file from the original theme into a new folder within `/wp-content/
   themes/` and you’ll be set.
 *  Thread Starter [mike20855](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mike20855/)
 * (@mike20855)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-custom-header/#post-4083625)
 * thanks for replying.. when i said “a banner image which will be a slideshow of
   images” i meant a banner image such as the one in the twenty eleven theme, but
   where you can upload several images and they will be displayed in a slideshow,
   fading from one to the next. above that image, rather than only being able to
   change the header text, i want to be able to upload an image which will have 
   my website’s name. i haven’t tried child themes yet. afraid to mess around with
   code until i’ve read more about it

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