Title: [Plugin: NextGEN Gallery] slideshow as header background image?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: NextGEN Gallery] slideshow as header background image?

 *  [mowog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mowog/)
 * (@mowog)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-slideshow-as-header-background-image/)
 * Hello, I just installed the NextGen gallery plugin and am trying to create a 
   rotating header BACKGROUND image using a NextGen slideshow. I have links for 
   my nav bar that need to float on top of the header image. I am using a custom
   theme based on the WP default. I have tried editing the header.php file as such:
 * >  #header { background: <?php
   >  if (function_exists(“nggSlideshowWidget”)) { 
   > nggSlideshowWidget(1,780,200); } ?> repeat-y top; border: none; }
 * and it doesn’t work, but if i place it in a div tag, it works fine. Is it possible
   to use this slideshow as a background?

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 *  [foundintheflood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/foundintheflood/)
 * (@foundintheflood)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-slideshow-as-header-background-image/#post-849182)
 * do you know how to create a header out of NextGEN Gallery, that would help ME
   at least? 😀
 *  [Alex Rabe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexrabe/)
 * (@alexrabe)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-slideshow-as-header-background-image/#post-849183)
 * take the code nggSlideshowWidget(1,780,200); and paste this into your header.
   php file into the head section, but not in the CSS file like above

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 * Last reply from: [Alex Rabe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexrabe/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-slideshow-as-header-background-image/#post-849183)
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