Title: Header issues
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Header issues

 *  [beccaanne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beccaanne/)
 * (@beccaanne)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-issues-17/)
 * Hi All,
 * I’ve read and re-read the support posts re: changing the header, but I just can’t
   get the width to change. I would like it to be the width of about 3/4 the screen.
   I’ve added the code:
 *     ```
       #branding img {
       width: : 1200px;
       height: 99px;
       }
       ```
   
 * …to my child theme, and played around with the other suggestions. The desired
   header image, which I have uploaded to my media library, distorts, but doesn’t
   widen.
 * I feel like it’s got something to do with the tagline to the right…
 * I would also like to add multiple windows, on a one column width, as in the theme
   example. How do I do that?
 * I am not proficient in code, so please explain it to me like I am a 6-year-old.
   More specifically, a 6-year-old in 1988…
 * [http://becbutterworth.com/](http://becbutterworth.com/)
 * Thank you for any help. 🙂
    Bec.

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-issues-17/#post-3383257)
 * You have a CSS syntax error;
 *     ```
       width: : 1200px;
       ```
   
 * Can you spot what’s wrong here?
 *  Thread Starter [beccaanne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beccaanne/)
 * (@beccaanne)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-issues-17/#post-3383279)
 * Hi Andrew,
 * I’m presuming that the syntax error is the space between the colon and the number,
   but I don’t know the rules. I’ll have a go with that change.
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [beccaanne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beccaanne/)
 * (@beccaanne)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-issues-17/#post-3383280)
 * I deleted the second colon and space, but no change…
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-issues-17/#post-3383283)
 * That’s actually working, but it’s also getting limited by this CSS:
 *     ```
       #site-title {
           float: left;
           font-size: 2em;
           line-height: 1.125em;
           margin-right: 4%;
           width: 32%;
       }
       ```
   
 * so add this to your child theme style.css:
 *     ```
       #site-title {
           width: 100%;
       }
       ```
   
 * Then the other problem is that the uploaded image is only 856px wide – so it’s
   distorted when you set it to 1200px.
 *     ```
       856px × 98px (scaled to 1200px × 99px)
       ```
   
 * The above is the image settings currently (once the width above is changed).
 * The other major error you have is that you put php code in your style.css file—
   it can’t go there — only CSS code can go in a CSS file. The other should go in
   your functions file.
 *  Thread Starter [beccaanne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beccaanne/)
 * (@beccaanne)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-issues-17/#post-3383288)
 * WPyogi,
 * Thank you, that sounds absolutely wonderful.
 * I will have a go, and see what happens!
 * I thought it might be restricted by something else, but I had no idea where to
   start.
 * Thanks heaps,
 * Bec
 *  Theme Author [Sami Keijonen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samikeijonen/)
 * (@samikeijonen)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-issues-17/#post-3383308)
 * Okei, let us know if you need any more help.

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