New and Confused

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  kristenbrooke80 · Member · Jan 25, 2014 at 1:45 am

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  hi – i am new to wordpress and trying to setup my header. How do I change the header size to make the image smaller and not pixelated?

  blog is: http://mikieandkristen.com

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 25, 2014 at 3:23 am

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  Afraid that URL is not connected to a WordPress.COM blog. I suspect you need to be at WordPress.ORG for your version of the software.

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  andrealyeska · Member · Jan 25, 2014 at 4:52 am

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  I had found the site earlier, and then got a domain mapping error. Not sure what’s up. I had typed up an answer and then had an unexpected guest.

  As I recall you’re using the Adelle theme and, I assume, a free WordPress site. While you can add a custom header image on many free themes, height and/or width are often fixed. On the Adelle theme the height is flexible, but the width is 1020 pixels. What this means is if your original image is less than 1020 wide, it will enlarge it to meet the fixed dimension requirement. This is probably why your image is pixelated. A possible solution would be to rescan or expand the canvas size of the original image to make it 1020, and then upload it again.

  Check out this link: http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/custom-header-image/