Adding a Banner

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  gamer459 · Member · Mar 7, 2017 at 4:02 pm

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  I’d like to add a banner to my site, but I’m not sure how.

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

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  timethief · Member · Mar 7, 2017 at 11:05 pm

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  Advertising banners are not allowed.

  Your theme does not provide for a custom image header https://wordpress.com/themes/rowling/

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  gamer459 · Member · Mar 8, 2017 at 1:22 am

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  What steps do I need to change that?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 9, 2017 at 8:03 pm

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  You can switch to using a theme that is designed to have a custom header.
  See here https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/features/light+white+responsive-layout+custom-header/?sort=free

  re: switching themes

  Note that switching themes https://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/#switch-themes can be easily done, provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the site. Themes are just “skins” on WordPress.COM hosted blogs. You can quickly and easily change themes on any WordPress.COM hosted blog to another one found here http://wordpress.com/themes/ and no data will be lost or negatively affected by the change. The only time you may have to do a lot of work is if you are changing to a dramatically different theme with different features and/or if you have done any CSS editing.

  Provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the blog go to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes, Browse themes until you find one you like and click the “activate” or the “preview” link, or type in the name of the theme you want to use when it appears.

  The theme customizer https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/ provides a preview function for exactly that purpose ie. so you can view what a theme will appear like prior to changing one.

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  staff-loquaciousloon · Staff · Mar 10, 2017 at 5:03 pm

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  Hi @gamer459!

  I wanted to drop an updated version of the link to the themes that use a custom header:

  https://wordpress.com/theme/filter/custom-header/

  The link in @timethief’s post is a bit out of date :) Timethief, if you could update your links of the theme library when you have a moment that would be wonderful :) We really aren’t using the older theme showcase any longer, so sending people there isn’t the best!

  Also @gamer459, if you’re curious about advertising on your WordPress.com site, this page will have some background info for you:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/