stikguy

Folks I am throwing myself at your mercy…..

– I have on my computer in a file on my desktop a GIF image I made that I want to use as the header on my site.
– I made it the same size as the default header on my current WP site (www.stiknstein.com)
– I uploaded it through Filezilla to my remote site
– It is residing at (/stiknstein.com/wp-admin/images/)…named personalheader.jpg

The ‘Changing the header image’ section of the codex sez
“ To change only the header image reference, open the header..php template file and look for…..

#header {
background: url (“<?php bloginfo ( ‘ stylesheet_directory) ?>/ images / kubrickheader.jpg”) no-repeat bottom center; }
…..and “ to change the image file, replace “kubrickheader.jpg” with the name of the new graphic image you have uploaded to your site to replace it.

When I replace kubrickheader.jpg with the graphic file named personalheader.jpg….and edit, no change takes place on my site though the editor sez it was successful.

What am I not doing?

— the graphic image is 740×192 pixels
— I tried replacing stylesheet_directory with the url of the graphic file ((/stiknstein.com/wp-admin/images/)……….no go
— I changed the image to a jpg file and re-uploaded it…..no go
— I refreshed the browser and checked the site…..no go

Question: is (/stiknstein.com/wp-admin/images ) the correct place to upload the image on my remote site? Is this where WP looks for it?

Question: Is this what the change should look like on the header.php page?

#header { background: url(“<?php bloginfo(‘/stylesheet_directory’); ?>/images/personalheader.jpg”) no-repeat bottom center; }

I have to admit I’m feeling a little stupid about this.
looking for some guidance for a Newby
thanks,
sitkguy