Changing Banner – I’ve tried so many things…

  • Hi there,
    I am trying to change the banner to a gif file. Here’s what I’ve tried:

    -changing the banner to WordPress Default, based on Kubrick. Then I went to redalt and tried to use the Kubrickr tool. I uploaded the banner gif to Flickr, set the Creative Commons license, added tags. I did all this yesterday. Today when I try to search tags using the Kubrickr, my banner gif simply does not appear. And yet it is sitting on Flickr.

    -I added the gif banner to my website, jjsciencezap.com, so it would be there.

    -I’ve been reading the forums and the codex recommended to other ppl. I am not at all familiar with coding or any of this stuff, but amazingly I did figure out how to view the code. I put “ftp” before the site name which is probably obvious to all of you but to me that was an achievement. So I viewed the header.php file, which was empty except for > and then I looked at the styles.css file and found code, including what I think is the file name of the header. only I cannot actually get in and edit. And yah, I’m signed in – I was asked for my user name and pswd.

    Please know that I have spent hours reading posts and codex b/4 adding this topic – I know I am at a very basic level and didn’t want to bother ppl – but I am totally at a loss. Please help!!

    Thanks!!
    Jennifer

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  • admin – appearance – editor
    this will display your theme files to modify – a list is on the right side of editor
    In Kubrick you will need to make changes in header.php and style.css to replace header

    Thread Starter magjen

    (@magjen)

    oh wow. of course it was easier than I was making it!! ok, so since i read in the codex that kubrick was harder to change, i went ahead and changed to the classic theme. in the codex, one is instructed to look for a .jpg file – but when i look at the header.php and style.css code in editor, i do not see a file name. what should i look for?

    Thank You!!!
    Jennifer

    Classic doesn’t use a header image…just background color. If you want to use a header image, then Kubrick would be best to work with unless you want to upload a different theme. You could go to the themes directory and find a theme that allows you to change the header through the WP admin…even easier than trying to customize the Kubrick header.

    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/themes/search.php?q=custom-header

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