ethilien

Portrait form? Eh? Whats that? Whatever it is, its entirely dependent upon your template.

The problem here is with variable scope. When you call get_header() you are entering a function, which has local scope, so you cannot access the variable $headerBG which you set ealier. AFAIK there really is no easy way to do what you are attempting.

I suppose you could try making $headerBG global…
global $headerBG;
$headerBG = "4wd";
then in the header file:
<div id="header" class="<?php global $headerBG; echo $headerBG; ?>">

That should probably work.

I don’t know why it looks wider, but the headers now extend all the way over, so it really looks fine.

I did notice however that if I change the color scheme, the sidebar jumps around. Maybe take a look at the css for the other colors and see what they use?

Which images are you refering to? The header images?

Depends on the theme you’re using. If its the default wordpress theme, you could probably make it wider by changing the width value in this part of the css:
#page {
background-color: white;
margin: 20px auto;
padding: 0;
width: 760px;
border: 1px solid #959596;
}