Add profile photo near header?

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  susanfsu · Member · Oct 1, 2008 at 5:30 am

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  Hello,

  Is there any way to use CSS to add a profile photo of myself to the header of my blog? I know there must be, but I am not experienced with CSS so off-the-shelf is best for me.

  Alternately, are there any default themes that allow for an author’s photo right near the top? I didn’t see one.

  Thanks a bunch!

  -Susan

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  teck07 · Member · Oct 1, 2008 at 5:40 am

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  You can create a sub page title “Author Profile” and use a profile image & Link the image to
  the sub page then insert it into a text widget so your readers can access the sub page by
  clicking the profile image.(Note this does not require CSS to achieve what I have mentioned)

  Also Do not believe achieve having a profile image in your header her at wordpress.COM

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  teck07 · Member · Oct 1, 2008 at 5:42 am

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  Oops here is what i’m trying to say.

  You can create a sub page title “Author Profile” and use
  a profile image & Link the image to the sub page then insert
  it into a text widget so your readers can access the sub page by
  clicking the profile image.(Note this does not require CSS to achieve
  what I have mentioned)

  Also I Do not believe you can achieve having a profile image in your header her at wordpress.COM

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  jomariajomariajomaria · Member · Oct 1, 2008 at 5:45 am

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  If you want your photo in your header, you treat it like any backgrounds

  #header {background:url('http://la.la.la.jpg') center top #000;}

  You have to twist the code though, to match your liking and the theme you’re using.

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  susanfsu · Member · Oct 1, 2008 at 5:55 am

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  Great thanks!

  I don’t actually want the photo in place of the header image. Rather, I want it to be at the top (i.e. in push down the blogroll space, and have the photo as the first box).

  My blog is here for reference:
  susanfsu.wordpress.com

  Great quick responses, thanks again.

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  raincoaster · Member · Oct 1, 2008 at 5:59 am

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  You can make a banner that just has your photo on one side. Or you can put it in a text widget in your sidebar.
  http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/10/18/put-an-image-in-your-sidebar/

  FYI when you post links, always start them with http so they’re clickable here in teh forum.

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  susanfsu · Member · Oct 1, 2008 at 6:02 am

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  teck07, i added the text widget, but have no idea how to get my photo and ‘About’ blurb to actually show up in that box. Any tips?

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  thesacredpath · Member · Oct 1, 2008 at 6:05 am

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  @susanfsu, Look at the link raincoaster provided. It explains how to get an image into the text widget. After you have the image in there, it is simply a matter of adding the about text after the image code.