Header photo

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  jeep856 · Member · May 29, 2009 at 6:28 pm

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  Is there a way to change the header photo to a photo in my media library? It seems that the only option is to upload a new header photo from the computer each time even though the photo I want to use is already in my WP media library. thanks

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  thesacredpath · Member · May 29, 2009 at 6:30 pm

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  No, you will have to change the image by going through appearance > custom header in the dashboard and then upload it and crop it there.

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  jeep856 · Member · May 29, 2009 at 6:32 pm

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  thanks. I like to change my header photo frequently, so thought there was a way to just use already cropped photos in my media library.

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  thesacredpath · Member · May 29, 2009 at 6:32 pm

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  Unfortunately there is not.

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  ashleybeeluv130 · Member · Jun 6, 2009 at 1:09 am

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  hi my blog is ashleybeeluv and im having some difficulties uploading a new header phto can you fix it? please

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jun 6, 2009 at 1:15 am

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  The blog, ashleybeeluv.wordpress.com does not exist here. Is this the link to your blog http://ashleybeeluv130.wordpress.com/ ? If so, always provide the URL when asking questions. The title of the blog does us no good.

  This support document explains custom headers and how to upload them: http://support.wordpress.com/themes/custom-header-image/ .

  My suggestion is to crop and size the image to the exact dimensions prior to uploading it. The exact size can be found on the appearance > custom header page.

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  ashleybeeluv130 · Member · Jun 7, 2009 at 12:59 am

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  yeah sorry.i upload it but it doesnt appear in my blog.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jun 7, 2009 at 2:00 am

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  @ashleybeeluv, My suggestion is to upload a header that is sized to the exact dimensions required for your theme and not use the crop feature at wordpress.COM. It has been a problem for the last few months for some.

  The exact header size for your theme is 740 x 192 pixels.

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  dhemesandersen · Member · Jun 7, 2009 at 3:51 am

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  im pretty new here, and i just get the css editor, so i tried to change the background color of my theme but it makes the header photo desappear… i tried to came back to original theme photo, but its not appear…
  can u help me please? what should i do?
  umalongahistoria.wordpress.com

  thanks

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jun 7, 2009 at 4:25 am

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  Once you start editing the CSS, the custom header upload function ceases to work, the link to your custom header is broken and you have to enter it into the appropriate spot in the CSS. I wish they would make this more clear somewhere either on the CSS editing page, or on the custom header page.

  Under #mainpic in the background declaration, replace images/mainpic01.jpg with the URL of your custom header image so that it look like this:

  background:transparent url(http://umalongahistoria.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/mapadovale3.gif) no-repeat scroll 0 0;

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  ajtun · Member · Jun 9, 2009 at 7:34 am

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  i spent time designing an awesome header on photoshop. and then i couldnt even use it in its entirety bc wordpress makes me crop whatever picture i upload as a header. is there a way to go around this?

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Jun 9, 2009 at 9:43 am

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  @ajtun: Link to the blog in question please. The site linked to your nick is not a wp.com blog.