Custom image for a header, comes up so large you can't see blog name on a PC

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  tindalfamily · Member · Feb 1, 2015 at 8:39 am

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  I have chosen a custom image for a header on all my pages, but WordPress displays it so large that when you view it on a PC, particularly if you have menu bars on your browser, you can’t see any writing at all, not even the blog name. How can I change this?

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  amightywp · Member · Feb 1, 2015 at 11:32 pm

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  Hi there,

  It looks like your header is just shaped a bit off for the space if needs to be in. If you go to the Twenty-Fourteen info page: https://wordpress.com/themes/twentyfourteen/ then you’ll see that the dimensions for the header are:

  1260 wide and 240 high

  So if you upload an image which is the correct size it should look much better!

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  tindalfamily · Member · Feb 2, 2015 at 6:14 am

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  Thank you for your help. The original image that I want to use (to fit our branding) is 613 by 613 pixels. How could I make that image become 1260 by 240? I’m happy to crop, but I also need to increase the pixels in one direction! I have Microsoft Office Picture Manager, would that enable me to edit my image to the correct number of pixels?

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  tindalfamily · Member · Feb 2, 2015 at 6:30 am

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  I managed to do it. The header image looks a bit worse for being increased in size in one direction but much reduced in the other direction, but the website looks very much better for having a correct picture. Thank you very much for your help.

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  amightywp · Member · Feb 2, 2015 at 2:38 pm

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  Hi there,

  Sorry I didn’t get back to you earlier, I was out for the day. I’m glad to hear that you got everything working ok!

  Let me know if you run in to any other troubles.