i signed up for css and my header is now gone from my site. can anyone see it?
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I signed up for css then went to my site and there is no header. I have tried everything but it’s just blank. I lost my custom photo and everything; it’s just white. thanks much for any help.
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Once you’ve purchased the CSS upgrade, the regular uploader will not work. You must find the header.jpg in your code and replace it with the URL of an uploaded header image that is already cropped to size.
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raincoaster, what? i’m very new to this. can you tell me how to do this in simple steps. sorry
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I’m just a beginner.
You have to look through all your CSS code and find where the header is. In there you’ll find a JPG which is your header image. You have to make an image which is the right size and everything, upload it like a regular image, grab the URL for it, and stick it in there where the JPG is.
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Also, everything is much easier to help with if you give us a link to your blog. Then we can look for ourselves.
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The theme you have does not have a header. But the answer:
When you have a regular theme the code knows where to look for the header image.
If you use custom CSS that overrides the regular header location.
Look in the CSS file for something like#header {
some code including a url that looks like ‘/images/header.jpg’
}
That will vary but it’s essentially the same.What you do is first upload the header image, then get it’s full url. Get that by clicking on the image in the Media Library.
Then go back to CSS and put that full url in#header {
some code including a url that looks like ‘http://blog.files.wordpress.com’
}That should do the trick.
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sorry, but none of that makes sense to me. I do see in the css where to put it, but i don’t know what you mean by uploading a header image. i have nothing and the picture i was using on my header is now gone forever. had i known this was going to happen i would never have upgraded. now when i try to change themes my blog looks like crazy. the other themes have half a header and no widgets and they all look like a mess. i also don’t know what a media library is. the directions you gave for me won’t work because i’m very new and don’t understand all this. thanks.
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If you don’t understand these things, the best thing to do is stop trying to use the CSS. Go to the CSS editor, delete everything in the editing window, check ‘Add to Existing stylesheet’ and then Save Changes. This should return your blog to the way it was before you started messing with CSS.
If for some reason your header still isn’t visible, you’ll need to upload it as you did before.
THEN: go to the CSS forum and READ the sticky threads at the top about how the CSS upgrade works and how little support there is for it and use some of the recommended tutorials. And after all that, if you want to try again, go for it.
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I used the Digg3 theme for a while, and have the CSS upgrade. I’d changed the bg color and the page tab colors and was still able to use the “upload custom header” feature. However, I’ve changed to Benevolence, and with that theme the custom header feature doesn’t work. I had to go into the CSS and insert the url for my header image in the appropriate place, otherwise all that appeared was the blank color of the wrapper and no header image.
Go figger. Just to confuse we who know just enough to get by. LOL. Nothing better than trial by fire. I just remember now, to always save the good CSS in a separate file first, and to make use of the PREVIEW feature. If you mess up and it’s still in preview, you can always not save and remain safe where you were before.
And if all else fails, it doesn’t hurt to google your theme in another window (or tab for IE7 users) and when you find another blogger using that theme and they’ve modified it… right click and view source to examine what they’ve done and learn from it.
Of course, that’s only a good method for people who like to see an example of what they’re learning… but I have to say, I’ve learned stuff that way that if someone had tried to explain verbally, the eyes would glaze over and I’d have to pull out my hair.
Just my two cents, trying to be helpful. Good luck.
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