Adding a Banner

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  themetman · Member · Mar 2, 2009 at 1:27 am

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  Is there anyway I can add a banner to the theme I am currently in? I can’t seem to find a way of doing so however just wanted to inquire.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  themetman · Member · Mar 2, 2009 at 1:28 am

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  http://themetman.wordpress.com/

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 2, 2009 at 3:09 am

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  You can put it in a post, but if you’re talking about a banner ad, those are not allowed at WordPress.com.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Mar 2, 2009 at 3:10 am

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  The theme ‘Light’ does not have a custom header.

  If you want to find a theme with a custom header:
  appearance > themes > Under “Available Themes” there is a drop-down box that says “Show all themes” > click that and choose “custom header (27)” to see which themes feature a custom header.

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  docchanka · Member · Mar 2, 2009 at 3:07 pm

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  I understand that banners popularizing not-for-profit organizations are ok, right? If it is ok, where do I post the banner link into my post? Thanks so much for help!

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Mar 2, 2009 at 3:27 pm

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  In a text widget.

  And please paste the exact URL of your blog when asking questions here – or link your nickname to your blog as explained in the Sticky 8 Things to Know. We usually need that to give a relevant answer.

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  docchanka · Member · Mar 2, 2009 at 3:49 pm

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  thanks for the response and sorry: http://www.transcation.wordpress.com
  is there a chance, though, to past the banner link into a post, not text widgets? when I paste the link into just the post text window, it doesn’t come up as a banner but as a link. I am a little lost…

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Mar 2, 2009 at 4:07 pm

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  Yes of course you can paste it in a post, but permanent things are best put in the sidebar. Paste the link here so we can se what may be wrong (backtick-code-backtick).

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  docchanka · Member · Mar 2, 2009 at 4:16 pm

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  it worked on a different blog so I was wondering what I might be doing wrong… I would rather put the link into a post, rather than in the sidebar (which may be an option in the futre).
  anyway, here it is:

  <OBJECT classid=”clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000″
  codebase=”http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0″
  WIDTH=”300″ HEIGHT=”250″ id=”myMovieName”>
  <PARAM NAME=”movie” VALUE=”http://www.ifaw.org/flash/banners/300×250-relief_EN.swf?clickTAG=http://www.ifaw.org”>
  <PARAM NAME=”Src” VALUE=”http://www.ifaw.org/flash/banners/300×250-relief_EN.swf?clickTAG=http://www.ifaw.org”>
  <PARAM NAME=”quality” VALUE=”high”>
  <PARAM NAME=”bgcolor” VALUE=”#FFFFFF”>
  <EMBED SRC=”http://www.ifaw.org/flash/banners/300×250-relief_EN.swf?clickTAG=http://www.ifaw.org” quality=”high” bgcolor=”#FFFFFF” WIDTH=”300″ HEIGHT=”250″
  NAME=”myMovieName” ALIGN=”” TYPE=”application/x-shockwave-flash”
  PLUGINSPAGE=”http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer”></EMBED></OBJECT>

  THANK YOU!

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  vivianpaige · Member · Mar 2, 2009 at 4:28 pm

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  That will never work here since it contains flash.

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  docchanka · Member · Mar 2, 2009 at 4:30 pm

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  here, meaning on wordpress.com? or in the post?

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Mar 2, 2009 at 4:40 pm

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  Meaning on wp.com. Flash and javascript codes are not allowed, for security reasons. You can use a plain html version.

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  docchanka · Member · Mar 2, 2009 at 4:49 pm

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  i guess this was the only one available. thank you both for your hints!