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dawnbeachy on "Crop Photo for Header Image?"

dawnbeachy — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 01:38:55 +0000

Thanks for the advice, but unfortunately I'm not very techy, so I'm not sure how to do all that.

I think I'll just have to go with resizing in another program before uploading. :)

Thanks for you help!

timethief on "Crop Photo for Header Image?"

timethief — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:45:44 +0000

On the bottom of your theme is a MistyLook link and when clicked it connects to the theme description. The header dimensions are The header image is 780 by 189. It's also listed here http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/custom-header-image/

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dawnbeachy on "Crop Photo for Header Image?"

dawnbeachy — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:34:56 +0000

That is an option, but in the past I've always been able to "crop" the photo like it suggest. Now it doesn't give me the lines to move. I wonder if I have some settings set wrong??
I may just have to pre-size first. Do you know the dimensions??

timethief on "Crop Photo for Header Image?"

timethief — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:25:13 +0000

I pre-size all images offline to the required dimensions prior to uploading them into my blog. That means I don't waste my upload space and there is no loss of image quality.
http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/03/26/cropper-or-proper-image-preparation-2/

dawnbeachy on "Crop Photo for Header Image?"

dawnbeachy — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:19:53 +0000

When I go to upload a photo for my Header Image, it doesn't give me the option to "crop" my picture before I publish it (the little dotted lines to move up or down). Why can't I crop my photo??
Thank you.