WordPress novice question

[randomo]

Hi,

I want to change the size allotted to the header in a WordPress theme. Can someone please tell me how to find the measurements I need to change? (I assume I'm looking for codes in the header.php file.) Thanks.

 

[dname]

Hi,

I think you should take a look into style.css file instead and find the sections about #header and #headerimg defining height and width of the header/image.
Hope it helps.

 

[LimitedEdition]

In your dashboard click Appearance - Header to edit the width, height and image. Standard size is 480x250. Or you can click Appearance - Edit CSS and at the bottom of that page you can change the "limit width" box to whatever value you choose.

 

[randomo]

Thanks for the answers, guys - I will check into it.

 

[randomo]

I tried "Appearance" and then "Header", but there was no place there to set header size. Then I tried to edit the CSS portion that contains the header settings, but again didn't know what to change. Is there a way I can edit the code below in order to set the exact height and width of the header image? Thanks in advance for any help.



/* =Header
-------------------------------------------------------------- */

#header {
padding: 30px 0 0 0;
}
#site-title {
float: left;
font-size: 30px;
line-height: 36px;
margin: 0 0 18px 0;
width: 700px;
}
#site-title a {
color: #000;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
}
#site-description {
clear: right;
float: right;
font-style: italic;
margin: 14px 0 18px 0;
width: 220px;
}

/* This is the custom header image */
#branding img {
border-top: 4px solid #000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #000;
clear: both;
display: block;
}

 

[dname]

Hi,

I think you should add width/height property to the "custom header image" section, e.g.

/* This is the custom header image */
#branding img {
border-top: 4px solid #000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #000;
clear: both;
display: block;
width: 468px;
}

Depending on the size of the header element you can adjust that value accordingly to make it look right.