Title: custom header
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# custom header

 *  [getsmartgal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/getsmartgal/)
 * (@getsmartgal)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-header-5/)
 * I am trying to get a custom header to work and I can’t get it to show up.
    The
   blog is at test.thegetsmartblog.com the header image can be seen at [http://test.thegetsmartblog.com/wp-content/themes/plainscape/images/head.png](http://test.thegetsmartblog.com/wp-content/themes/plainscape/images/head.png)
 * In the stylesheet the code for the header is
    #header {height:160px;background:
   url(images/header1.png) 0 0 no-repeat;}
 * So I added the image to the images folder in the theme folder
 * In the header.php I don’t see a place to add the header…
    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC“-//
   W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “[http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”&gt](http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”&gt);
   <html xmlns=”[http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&#8221](http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&#8221);
   <?php language_attributes(); ?>>
 *  <meta http-equiv=”Content-Type” content=”<?php bloginfo(‘html_type’); ?>; charset
   =<?php bloginfo(‘charset’); ?>” />
 *  <title><?php bloginfo(‘name’); ?> <?php if ( is_single() ) { ?> » Blog Archive
   <?php } ?> <?php wp_title(); ?></title>
 *  <meta name=”generator” content=”WordPress <?php bloginfo(‘version’); ?>” /> 
   <!– leave this for stats –>
 *  <link rel=”stylesheet” href=”<?php bloginfo(‘stylesheet_url’); ?>” type=”text/
   css” media=”screen” />
    <link rel=”alternate” type=”application/rss+xml” title
   =”<?php bloginfo(‘name’); ?> RSS Feed” href=”<?php bloginfo(‘rss2_url’); ?>” /
   > <link rel=”pingback” href=”<?php bloginfo(‘pingback_url’); ?>” />
 * <?php wp_head(); ?>
    </head> <body>
 * <div id=”page”>
    <div id=”header”> <h1>/”><?php bloginfo(‘name’); ?></h1> <h2
   >/”><?php bloginfo(‘description’); ?></h2> <?php if (function_exists(‘suckerfish’)){
   suckerfish();} ?> </div> <!– end header –>

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 *  [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/)
 * (@figaro)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-header-5/#post-969264)
 * Well, you header is too tall for your theme, but if you find this code in style.
   css:
 *     ```
       #header {height:160px;background:url(images/header1.png) 0 0 no-repeat;}
       ```
   
 * and replace it with this:
 *     ```
       #header {height:160px;background:url(http://test.thegetsmartblog.com/wp-content/themes/plainscape/images/head.png) 0 0 no-repeat;}
       ```
   
 * Then your header will show up, but you’re going to need to make more adjustments
   to get everything to show up properly.
 *  Thread Starter [getsmartgal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/getsmartgal/)
 * (@getsmartgal)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-header-5/#post-969273)
 * Thank you, can you tell me how I can make the area for the header larger? Can
   I reduce the padding between the header and the h1 and h2 will that give me more
   space/width?
 * I added in a nav bar I want that to come down as well, if that could be brought
   lower we would see the whole header I am not sure if I need to adjust that plugin
   manually or if increasing the header space will fix that also?
 * Finally the text that is coming in over the image is test.thegetsmartblog.com
   do you know where that title might be so I can delete that?
 *  [zeniph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeniph/)
 * (@zeniph)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-header-5/#post-969274)
 * add the following
 *     ```
       #header h1, #header h2 {display: none};
       #pixopoint_menu_wrapper1{padding:160px 0 0 0}
       ```
   
 * for SEO you can keep your H1 H2 but just set them to invisible (display:none)
 *  [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/)
 * (@figaro)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-header-5/#post-969277)
 * Give this a try. Find the following in style.css:
 *     ```
       #header h1 {margin:0; color:#FFF; padding:45px 0 0 30px; font-size:36px; font-weight:normal;}
       ```
   
 * Change it to the following:
 *     ```
       #header h1 {margin:0; color:#FFF; padding:138px 0 0 30px; font-size:0px; font-weight:normal;}
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [getsmartgal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/getsmartgal/)
 * (@getsmartgal)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-header-5/#post-969278)
 * I am not sure where to put that in header.php I have
 * <div id=”header”>
    <h1>/”><?php bloginfo(‘name’); ?>
   </h1>
    <h2>/”><?php bloginfo(‘
   description’); ?>
   </h2>
 * When I removed name and description it gave me more room but did not remove the
   white writing
 * in the stylesheet I have
 * /* header */
    #header h1 {margin:0; color:#FFF; padding:45px 0 0 30px; font-size:
   36px; font-weight:normal;} #header h2 {margin:0; color:#FFF; font-size:16px; 
   padding:0 0 0 30px; font-weight:normal;} #header a:link, #header a:visited, #
   header a:hover, #header a:active {color:#FFF; text-decoration:none;}
 * I changed the padding:45px to 160px but nothing happened
 *  Thread Starter [getsmartgal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/getsmartgal/)
 * (@getsmartgal)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-header-5/#post-969280)
 * So sorry what you told me worked I was just trying to do too many things at once
   please ignore my last and thank you!!
 *  Thread Starter [getsmartgal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/getsmartgal/)
 * (@getsmartgal)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-header-5/#post-969281)
 * Okay I spoke too soon one more thing….how can I add the rss into the header on
   the right side?

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