Tuesday, January 20, 2009
by Bonnie Calhoun
Man, oh man! I'm just full of posts lately! *snort-giggle* I've been helping a lot of friends get their blogs redesigned.
Well here is a problem I've noticed on several of my friends blogs. When they re-install their templates, they can no longer get their header images to show. Well I've come up with a work-around....LOL...and yes...you have to go play with your HTML!
I'll turn ya'll into template gurus yet!
This problem is especially prevalent on the Scribe template. When you switch templates the Header gadget should stay, but in the Scribe it doesn't...so go figure!
Here's how we're gonna fix it. We're going to delete the present Header element from the template and add a new one. LOL...I think the old one has a bad case of the ick! But first we have to allow the Header section to allow another gadget (You will notice that there is no "Add a Gadget" section on the Scribe Header.
Here's where we go play with HTML. Start at your Dashboard....go to the Layout tab...then click the Edit HTML link. We are going to scroll down to the highlighted section of code in the below image. If you can't read what it says, click on the image and it will open in a larger window.
What you are going to do is change the line where it says...showaddelement "no"...to "yes" This will allow the "add a Gadget to show up in the header section of your template. And you are going to remove the <b section that has your bad Header, so that that section looks like this when you are done.
Now you will click "Save Template". It will tell you that you are deleting a Widget, like in the below image. That's okay...click yes!
Now go to your Page Elements page...see the "Add a Gadget" in the Header section. Click it! Scroll all the way to the bottom of the list and pick Page Header.
When it opens, click for the image to show "instead of the title and description" Then either find your image on the internet at your storage site, or use the top link and upload it from your computer. Then click save! Viola! You have your header back!
THANKS!
How big is the image you are trying to use?
What is the URL of your blog?
The url for the blog is: www.balicreations.blogspot.com
And the url for the header is:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/baligirl/banner-large.jpg
Do you know why that is? Or do you want to get into my account and have a look?
Thanks so much for helping! :)
You will need to pick a template that has a header box at the top like the Minima template.
Have you been to The Cutest Little Blog On the Block for a blog skin?
If you choose a Minima, where you can add your header, you could alsoget an awesome background over at Cutest, so that you didn't have a plain white blog.
Go look at their free backgrounds. Their totally easy to install!
http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/free-backgrounds/item/476/asInline.html
http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/free-backgrounds/item/203/asInline.html
http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/free-backgrounds/item/364/asInline.html
Now I'm still trying to get this banner thing worked out.
Man, what would I do without you?! :)
#header-wrapper
below that it says border: 1px
make it 0px
then go down about 5 more lines and it says:
#header
Below that it says border: 1px
Make that also 0px
I really appreciate all your help.
Do you know how to add buttons for side bars? I need to add one for my madeit page and one for my etsy page.
Great job!
Billy
The code I give would be in that template.
Where is your blog?
http://chatterbug12.blogspot.com
Connie
Obviously, I still need to do something because my image is still not showing up, but Im at a loss as to what I need to fix now. Any advice will be sincerely appreciated. Thank you
Then go to your layout page to see if there is a Add a gadget line in the header.
Then come back and leave a comment.
Okay...first step right. Now go back to your Edit HTML and go back to that same area. Now you are going to remove the bad header so that you can put a new one in.
Scroll down in my post till you see right below where you made it say yes....it will start with:
<b:widget id='Header1'....and it will end with ...type='Header1">
Take that piece out, and save. It will warn you that you are deleting a widget...that's what we want to do! Click confirm and save!
Then go add your header again!
Keep posting more like this.