Change header to image (for a logo)

frontiersmag · Member · Oct 8, 2013 at 7:43 pm
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I have a wordpress using the Splendio theme, and I would like to change the header text to my own logo. How would I go about doing this? I have read elsewhere that you can change the code in “header.php”, but I’m not sure where this is located or if this is the way to go about this.

Many thanks in advance!

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frontiersmag · Member · Oct 8, 2013 at 8:00 pm
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Sorry, just a clarification. I am referring to the Title/subtitle area where there is currently just “FRONTIERS” and subtitle.
smahnoorr · Member · Nov 5, 2013 at 3:11 pm
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I’m stuck here too! I have no idea how to. :/
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lettergrade · Member · Nov 5, 2013 at 3:31 pm
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@frontiersmag, your theme, Splendio, offers header images below the title and tagline (in Appearance > Header, which it looks like you’ve already found).

If you want to adjust these areas, you could purchase the Custom Design upgrade and try to do it with css. You can try-before-you-buy by going to Appearance > Custom Design and playing around with css to view a preview before you actually purchase.

Something to try:

a) upload the image you want for your logo to your Media Library, and then copy the url of its location. Then add this to your css, adding the appropriate url for your image, and a sufficient height to display it:
```
#branding hgroup {
   background: url('http://www.yoursite.com/uploads/yourimage.png');
   min-height: 100px;
}
```
b) Use the following to hide or adjust your site title or description so that the text is still search-engine-readable, but doesn’t get in the way of your logo:
```
#branding hgroup .site-title a {
   text-indent: -999px;
}
```
```
#branding hgroup .site-description {
   text-indent: -999px;
}
```
I should also note: when you found tutorials referring to header.php, you were reading about self-hosted wordpress.org installs, which have very different options from hosted wordpress.com sites. Here’s a bit of info on the difference: .com and .org

Hope that sorts out your problem!

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