Customizing your header image
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January 13, 2009
Certain themes allow you to easily change the image that appears in the background of your blog’s header (the part at the top with your title and tagline). This video talks you through changing yours.
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January 18, 2009 at 12:53 pm |
2.7, I dont have a filter menu???
thanks
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April 17, 2010 at 2:41 am |
peaceandparadise
sory..i was getting the same issue as you then i found dis frm there http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/custom-header-image/
it says: Go to Appearance -> Header in your blog’s dashboard. If you do not see the option, this means that your current theme does not support the use of a custom image header. Please refer to the aforementioned list of supported themes.(
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January 18, 2009 at 11:47 pm |
Yeah, the lack of filter menu in my version of wordpress derailed me.
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January 19, 2009 at 8:54 am |
I don’t have the same option within my wp 2.7 either?
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January 19, 2009 at 4:32 pm |
Apologies for any confusion. Unfortunately, because self-installations don’t come bundled with a default set of themes (as is the case with WordPress.com), it’s impossible for us to classify and filter them for you. On the bright side, if you head to the theme directory to select themes, you can filter them before downloading by the features you’re looking for. WordPress.com users get better filtering, but self-hosters have a much wider choice of themes.
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January 24, 2009 at 12:28 am |
Michael,
You are saying that there are more options and I agree.
But some features aren’t tagged correctly. For example this one.
Since I saw this video (the same day that WordPress Tv was announced) I been searching for a theme that can do this to study the code and do something similar on a theme that I’m working on.
I’ve downloaded around 5 to 10 themes with the custom header tag and that uses an image (or at least that’s what it looks like from the screenshot) but no luck.
Maybe you should also add a tag or category to this videos for wordpress dot com only tutorials.
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March 20, 2009 at 8:41 pm |
I’m using chaotic soul and can change the image but am not getting option to hide text…any help please
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March 22, 2009 at 5:17 am |
I’m afraid this particular theme doesn’t support the option to hide text
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April 8, 2009 at 5:53 pm |
the video on customizing your header is not working. It stops and starts in short jerks.
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April 9, 2009 at 3:42 am |
Sounds like a streaming problem. If you experience jerky motion, best to pause your video and let it “buffer” a while (filling your computer’s short term memory with information from a video to let it play smoothly). If your computer doesn’t have so much memory or your connection isn’t the speediest, it’s sometimes better to watch without the HD On. Hope that helps.
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April 10, 2009 at 11:55 pm |
I want to change the header title. For some reason it is capitalized (not by me) and I want to change the font. How can I do that?
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April 14, 2009 at 4:10 am |
It would depend on the theme and how it’s set up. To change the font, for instance, you’d need to edit the themes CSS. The other alternative is to use an image with text in it.
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May 3, 2009 at 2:13 am |
The picture i’m trying to upload doesnt seem to work. I made a picture on paint and when i upload it, it says “File type does not meet security guidelines. Try another.” The picture is also exactly 904 X 160 for the Digg 3 Column theme. Please figure out what i’m doing wrong.
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May 3, 2009 at 11:57 am |
Paint usually saves pictures as BMP files. You need to convert your file to a JPG or PNG file for it to work with WordPress.
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May 11, 2009 at 7:47 am |
Hi Michael
We’re using newest WP version hosted on our own servers and there is no filter option. Further, I’ve look through hundreds of themes and haven’t found one that offers the ‘edit header’ options you show here. Are we all missing something or are there plug ins we can add for filter feature and for edit header feature?
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May 11, 2009 at 7:08 pm |
Not a lot of WordPress.org themes have the option, but a few of them do. Take a look at the “theme options” tag in the WordPress.org Theme Directory and you’ll find them. You can find a list of WordPress.com themes that have a custom header image option at the WordPress.com support site.
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May 13, 2009 at 10:33 am |
Thanks Sheri. That’s really useful. Really appreciate, would love to keep in touch with a nice girl like you!!
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May 20, 2009 at 7:24 pm |
I’m using Cutline. I wanted to replace one Custom Header (metro.jpg) with another (rt2-library4.jpg) and all the steps seemed to go as expected, including cropping the image after uploading it.
But it isn’t appearing on the blog. I can’t discover why not. Any suggestions?
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May 26, 2009 at 2:15 pm |
More on 5/20’s post: The blog is http://metrocommute.wordpress.com/. I also tried to upload a pre-cropped image. It is 731 X 139. Still didn’t appear.
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June 5, 2009 at 9:00 am |
Ive given up on trying to customise header.. video didnt help at all, because its completely different from what I am working with… and also had same problem re image disappearing..
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June 8, 2009 at 7:00 pm |
I have custom image. I brought up the new image and cropped but then there is no way to post it so we now have a default image. How do I get the new image to stick?
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June 21, 2009 at 12:04 am |
I have an image I have resized to fit the required dimensions (for Blix 690×115) Even though the image says it will fit, it insists that I crop the image. This happened even when the image file I used was 395X48 pixels. Why does it insist on cropping an image that small when it says it can accommodate something larger?
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June 26, 2009 at 12:41 am |
I need answers..we all need answers..I wont repeat what 15 or 16 people have already said..
I have sent an lengthy e-mail to ” themes@wordpress.org ”
just today about the very same issues all have expressed..do we need to wait on solutions from the WP.org programming team..if so then say so..
don’t want to waste any body’s time I also don’t want to wait for solutions to these issues that will never come for a while, at least not now..which is the most pressing moment I have with WordPress.ORG/.2.7.1 ???????????
Thanks..
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July 17, 2009 at 9:59 am |
Not helpful at all. My question is: Why after going through all the steps EXACTLY as you have stated, I still am not able to change the Header Image at all? This is despite attempting more than three times and trying to trouble-shoot what exactly went wrong. However, all my efforts still do not bring the desired result as depicted by you! Can you please help me solve this problem? Thanks.
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July 18, 2009 at 1:17 am |
Your main reference to check to get this going is the WordPress.com Support page for custom header images.
Check the list for your theme. What size image does it support? Run through the instructions one more time. Refresh your blog to see if the change has occurred.
If you’re still having problems with it, drop the support team a line and they will be happy to help you further.
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August 14, 2009 at 3:11 pm |
Can I change/ update the header of the Albeo theme. I just want to add a tag line and I can’t see a way to do it.
Thanks.
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August 15, 2009 at 12:44 am |
The Albeo theme doesn’t support the display of a tag line, only the title of the blog.
For answers to questions like these, the best place to start is the the WordPress.com support pages; there’s a great collection of support pages and a great support forum as well.
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November 17, 2009 at 6:04 pm |
I’ve seen some wordpress blogs in which the header changes different photos with each reload or change of page or post. How can I do that? Thanks!
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November 29, 2009 at 11:17 am |
why don’t you look at http://codex.wordpress.org/Designing_Headers
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