• Resolved ang_renee

    (@ang_renee)


    I am helping edit a site that was created by someone else. It is a custom theme and I am looking to replace the header.

    I have never worked on a custom theme before only templates so I am not sure how to remove the old header and add in a new one that was created. Any assistance that can be given would be most helpful.

    the site is margauxdrake.com

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  • I really don’t understand what you mean by new header and old header? As your theme already re-coded with new code, you should get new header with the new custom made theme.

    As much I assumed, may be you are looking for a way to change information like, logo etc or what?

    Thread Starter ang_renee

    (@ang_renee)

    the current header on the site is her logo and I am looking to replace it with an image that is the same size.

    The person who designed her site originally is not available any longer to assist and I am afraid to get into the code without knowing more about what I should be doing.

    Probably there is a Theme option or header option or customization option check first there. If not then it will be in header.php

    Thread Starter ang_renee

    (@ang_renee)

    Hi there, I am sorry but there is no custom header option…. I tried that first. The person who designed the theme originally is not available and I just need to switch out one png for another. Would love some help on how to do that.

    did you have a look into header.php of your theme?

    what levels of coding do you have?
    would you recognize an image html tag?

    this seems to be the current header image (567px × 225px):
    https://margauxdrake.com/wp-content/themes/MargauxDrake/theme/img/logo_margaux-drake.png

    i.e. it is saved in the /img/ folder within your theme.

    ps:

    this is the corresponding code section as seen from the browser:

    <div id="inner-header" class="row">
    						<div class="large-16 columns">
    							<h1><a href="https://margauxdrake.com" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://margauxdrake.com/wp-content/themes/MargauxDrake/theme/img/logo_margaux-drake.png" width="350px" height="auto"></a></h1>
    						</div>
    
    					</div> <!-- end #inner-header -->

    the direct code in your theme might look slightly different.

    pps:

    you have two options:
    – either make a new image with the same file name and upload it (via FTP) into the same /img/ folder in your theme,
    – or create and upload a new image with any name to anywhere and change the image url in the code.

    Thread Starter ang_renee

    (@ang_renee)

    I have a bit of coding background… not great. would the theme files be located within her hosting site. she uses go daddy.

    Thread Starter ang_renee

    (@ang_renee)

    that is the part I am a bit unclear on… where to upload the new png file…

    would the theme files be located within her hosting site

    yes;

    using FTP or the file management system of your hoster, try to locate this folder /wp-content/themes/MargauxDrake/theme/img/ in your hosting site

    Thread Starter ang_renee

    (@ang_renee)

    okay great. I will try that. thank you

    Thread Starter ang_renee

    (@ang_renee)

    I was able to resolve the issue. thank you both for your help

    Thread Starter ang_renee

    (@ang_renee)

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