I finally added a new header to my Wordpress theme.
Now I feel that I have a brand new blog! Those of you who are experts at this will find this super elementary and boring.
But I am excited and wanted to share with others my success.
As many of you mayalready know, in Wordpress a template is called a theme.
Genius designers who make them available for customization create them or you can use them as they are.
Since I am a fine artist I thought it would be great to add my on special artistic touch to a theme I liked.
Here are seven (7) things I did to change the heading of my Wordpress theme..
1.
I photographed several images using my Canon G3 digital camera.
This gave me a digital file that I could upload into my computer.
It was not flat art but pictures of a few tools I use in my work.
2.
I extracted the image in Photoshop.
That means I took out the background behind the tools so that they were transparent.
In this case I was capturing images ofpaints and brushes.
3.
I added a layer with color using the brush tool in Photoshop.
I wanted it to look like paint was in the background.
4.
I took the existing image file in the theme header brought it into Photoshop.
I used the existing measurements and colors that were already present in theme.
In other words it served as a template for me.
5.
I then opened a layer in Photoshop and added my new art to that layer.
This is done in the layers panel.
6.
I then scaled it and positioned the added art in the layer.
Scaling isdone w hen you want to take your image andmake it larger, smaller or stretch it.
My new artwork had to fit with the existing image specs in the header.
I saved the file.
THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT STEP SO I DID NOT HAVE TO REWRITE THE PHP CODE.
I am not an expert.
7.
I finally uploaded the new image file to the site and presto, it was there.
Hope this will be helpful for you too.
Email me if you have any questions at hornerart@mac.
com.
Also go visit the new header at http://www.
hornerartworkshop.
com