calagran Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Hi All, I hope someone out there can help a total "Newbie" I managed after about 4 yes I did say 4 hours to produce a header for my blog (well it was my first attempt !) I now need to get the header file to my theme edit header page within Wordpress. My question is how do I convert the header file as it is now, and turn it into a PHP file ? or can someone tell me if in fact I need to do it another way. Many thanks for your time , Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 I believe you can add an image to wordpress, but I am not necessarily sure this is %100 Paint.NET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oma Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 really isn't paint.net related maybe you should do google search on net I found this one perhaps it will help you. make sure you've saved as either .jpg or .png and are not trying to use the .pdn file. ! http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Images My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calagran Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 Hi Mike, Thanks for the speedy reply. I am pretty sure you can upload a Paint.net file to wordpress because I managed to get my hands on a small tutorial video where the guy did exactly this, unfortunatly he missed out the part that I'm struggling with :?... Thanks, Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 I strongly doubt you can upload a pdn file to wordpress. Save it as a PNG and then upload. And to upload a custom image to wordpress go to the control panel -> Presentation -> Custom Image Header -> Browse, find the image. Then click upload. The problem may also be that only some styles allow custom headers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calagran Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 Hi Sarah, Thanks for that. I have saved the file as "PNG" Do I now upload the file to the themes "images file" in my ftp programme where all the other header images are to be seen ? The theme I'm using is "Cutline 1.2" and I know that you can change the header design on this particular theme. Thanks, Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Who is Sarah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calagran Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 Oh and by the way thanks OMA for your reply Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calagran Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 :oops: really sorry, a bit dyslexic today !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Are you using a blog hosting service or a website hosting service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calagran Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 Hello again, I'm using a web host. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Hello again,I'm using a web host. Then yes, upload the PNG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calagran Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 Hi, I went to theme presentation but I don't have a custom theme header option. I have, themes, widgets, theme editor and cutline options. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calagran Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 A thought, Could I turn the file into code and cut and paste it directly into the header edit box ? I have just posed another question that I would need another answer to, i.e how do I turn the file into code ? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Post into the header edit box: Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calagran Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 Thanks a lot for your time :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Thanks a lot for your time :wink: Did it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calagran Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 Thanks a lot for your time :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Thanks a lot for your time :wink: But did it work? I just want to make sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calagran Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 I've commented out the other header options and loaded the code you gave me but when I refreshed the page the new header didn't appear, when I say it didn't appear it was there but as a corrupt image. Do I need to name the new file in any particular way ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 I've commented out the other header options and loaded the code you gave me but when I refreshed the page the new header didn't appear, when I say it didn't appear it was there but as a corrupt image. Do I need to name the new file in any particular way ? It needs to be the full url of the image. Look at the image in your web browser, right click on it and select something like "Copy Image Location" (not "Copy Image") and then paste that into where I said to insert the url. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calagran Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 please excuse my "newness" :oops: but how do I view the image in my web browser ? When I click on the image it opens up in paint.net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 please excuse my "newness" :oops: but how do I view the image in my web browser ? When I click on the image it opens up in paint.net. When you have uploaded it look at it on the website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calagran Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 Yes sorry about that, I managed cut and paste the code into the header editor after getting the proper url, but it still won't load properly. The other headers were jpgs should I change the header to that rather than a png, could it cause a conflict ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Yes sorry about that, I managed cut and paste the code into the header editor after getting the proper url, but it still won't load properly. The other headers were jpgs should I change the header to that rather than a png, could it cause a conflict ? It won't conflict - but less quality - it should make no difference. Tell me the image url so that I can see if there is a mistake there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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