Do not edit the theme itself. First create a child theme for your changes.
Thread Starter
Rachel
(@xxrayray)
This is a child’s theme. Of course I’m not going to edit the theme itself… I’m not an amateur.
there is no sign of a child theme in the posted site link 🙁
were none of the forum search results useful?
http://wordpress.org/search/change+header+size+twentytwelve?forums=1
Thread Starter
Rachel
(@xxrayray)
Screenshot of my folders: http://cl.ly/image/1U1W063A0G3E
As you see, I’m using the child. I don’t know why it’s not showing up for you.
I tried this in functions.php and it failed:
function twentytwelvechild_custom_header_setup() {
$header_args = array( 'height' => 250, 'width' => 1400 );
add_theme_support( 'custom-header', $header_args );
}
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'twentytwelvechild_custom_header_setup' );
I tried this in header.php and failed:
<?php $header_image = get_header_image();
if ( ! empty( $header_image ) ) : ?>
<a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>"><img src="<?php echo esc_url( $header_image ); ?>" class="header-image" width="1400" height="250" alt="" /></a>
<?php endif; ?>
As I said, I’ve Googled what people have done and it’s still not getting wider.
you are doing it right.
the current header image in the activated child theme has the dimensions 1400 * 250 px – but it is scaled down to 960 * 171 px ;
any header image will be scaled by the theme’s CSS:
img.size-full,
img.size-large,
img.header-image,
img.wp-post-image {
max-width: 100%;
height: auto; /* Make sure images with WordPress-added height and width attributes are scaled correctly */
}
the width is controlled in the section
/* =Media queries
-------------------------------------------------------------- */
/* Minimum width of 600 pixels. */
by:
.site {
margin: 0 auto;
max-width: 960px;
max-width: 68.571428571rem;
overflow: hidden;
}
what are you trying to achieve?
Thread Starter
Rachel
(@xxrayray)
what are you trying to achieve?
^ I’m trying to get the blue and pink header wider than the body. So the body will be 960px, and the header will be 1400px.
The current uploaded header image is 1400×250 but it’s scaled down.
If I modify img.size-full, img.size-large, img.header-image, img.wp-post-image to 1400px it ends up looking like this: http://cl.ly/image/3x1V3I3A3n0c
That just magnifies it when I want the whole image to show but exceed the body length. Does that make sense? :/
and by the way, I just noticed on the bottom of the contact page “Contact” is listed in an h1 bold. How do I get rid of that? http://www.rachelsilberman.com/kendareblake/contact/
right now, you seem to have broken the code of header.php; http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rachelsilberman.com%2Fkendareblake%2Fcontact%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0
once that is fixed, try:
@media screen and (min-width: 600px) {
.site { max-width: 1400px; background: transparent; }
#site-navigation, #main, #colophon { max-width: 960px; margin: auto; display: block; }
#main, #colophon { background: white; }
}
(might need refinement)
Thread Starter
Rachel
(@xxrayray)
Alright, put that in and the header is still the same size but now it’s pushed to the left (hey, it did SOMETHING!)
code: http://cl.ly/image/2D2C3A2F2e3Y
result: http://cl.ly/image/0q2X3F042i1g
Plus when I enter max-height it breaks… I thought it would work both ways.
Thank you for your patience! This shouldn’t be so difficult, lol.
the code of header.php is still broken;
try to re-install the code of the unedited header.php …
or post the code of header.php of your child theme here so somebody can check and fix it.
Thread Starter
Rachel
(@xxrayray)
I GOT IT! Oh my goodness. For some reason .header-image was commented out. It’s not the size I want.
Thank you!
Thread Starter
Rachel
(@xxrayray)
I took the code from the original twentytwelve theme and pasted it, but then the navigation goes to the top. The edited version works for me, but it’s invalid. Dang it.
The edited version works for me, but it’s invalid. Dang it.
can you post the code of the edited version here?
Thread Starter
Rachel
(@xxrayray)
<?php
/**
* The Header template for our theme
*
* Displays all of the <head> section and everything up till <div id="main">
*
* @package WordPress
* @subpackage Twenty_Twelve
* @since Twenty Twelve 1.0
*/
?><!DOCTYPE html>
<!--[if IE 7]>
<html class="ie ie7" <?php language_attributes(); ?>>
<![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 8]>
<html class="ie ie8" <?php language_attributes(); ?>>
<![endif]-->
<!--[if !(IE 7) | !(IE 8) ]><!-->
<html <?php language_attributes(); ?>>
<!--<![endif]-->
<head>
<meta charset="<?php bloginfo( 'charset' ); ?>" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
<title><?php wp_title( '|', true, 'right' ); ?></title>
<link rel="profile" href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11" />
<link rel="pingback" href="<?php bloginfo( 'pingback_url' ); ?>" />
<?php // Loads HTML5 JavaScript file to add support for HTML5 elements in older IE versions. ?>
<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script src="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/js/html5.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<![endif]-->
<?php wp_head(); ?>
</head>
<body <?php body_class(); ?>>
<div id="page" class="hfeed site">
<header id="masthead" class="site-header" role="banner">
<hgroup>
<h1 class="site-title"><a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name', 'display' ) ); ?>" rel="home"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></a></h1>
<h2 class="site-description"><?php bloginfo( 'description' ); ?></h2>
</hgroup>
<nav id="site-navigation" class="main-navigation" role="navigation">
<h3 class="menu-toggle"><?php _e( 'Menu', 'twentytwelve' ); ?></h3>
<a class="assistive-text" href="#content" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Skip to content', 'twentytwelve' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Skip to content', 'twentytwelve' ); ?></a>
<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'primary', 'menu_class' => 'nav-menu' ) ); ?>
</nav><!-- #site-navigation -->
<?php if ( get_header_image() ) : ?>
<a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>"><img src="<?php header_image(); ?>" class="header-image" width="<?php echo get_custom_header()->width; ?>" height="<?php echo get_custom_header()->height; ?>" alt="" /></a>
<?php endif; ?>
</header><!-- #masthead -->
<div id="main" class="wrapper">
the posted code looks error free;
re: your latest styles, I would suggest to replace those fixed image sizes:
img.size-full,
img.size-large,
img.header-image,
img.wp-post-image {
/*max-width: 100%; */
height: 500px;
}
and
.header-image {
width: 1440px;
height: 500px;
vertical-align: bottom;
}
with relative sizes (all in the 600px @media section):
.header-image { width: 100%; height: auto; }
img.header-image { height: auto; }
btw:
the general recommendation is to include the stylesheet of the parent theme via @import into style.css of the child theme and only add the edited styles below that in style.css of the child theme.
with the full stylesheet of the parent theme copied into the child theme, it is very difficult to trace edits.
Thread Starter
Rachel
(@xxrayray)
Alright, I commented out what I wrote and put in the relative size code in the @media section. Thanks for telling me, now when I zoom in the header stays the same and doesn’t break.
You’re saying I need to import the parent theme css into the child theme css? Or start a new style.css and add styles in there instead of editing the original css? I’m a little confused.
