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Help With A wordpress Theme

by Dave d
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Hi,

Im new to wordpress and although it is quite easy to build a site Im stuck when it comes to customising a theme, the options dont seem straight forward or obvious. Ive added this theme as you can see http://howtoloosestomachfatnow.com and Ive have managed to put 1 affiliate link in the side bar but the picture in the top right hand corner on the banner I cannot change because I dont know where to go to do that ?

Can somebody please point me in the right direction and also is this what artisteer is for, would this make customising themes easier ?

Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
    You will need to upload new images into the backend on your host. There are image files filling in right now labeled ad1.jpg ad2.jpg and ad3.jpg

    The basic background header is there as well.

    I suggest you open the themes folder on your desktop and you will see the files.

    Then go to the back of your host -

    /public_html/howtoloosestomachfatnow/wp-content/themes/HealthyWeightLoss/images

    Is where you will probably need to go to replace them.
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  • Profile picture of the author Barbara Wilson
    Artisteer isn't for customizing themes - it's for designing them. So it won't help you in this particular instance.

    That particular banner is named ad1.jpg and is 468x60px. If you upload a different banner, named ad1.jpg that is the same size (to you images folder as avenuegirl pointed out) it will replace that banner. If you want to change the banner name or size you'll have to make some other changes. You'll find the instructions to call your header in the css style sheet.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
      Also, there is some editing that you can do in the backend of wordpress itself I just noticed.

      Go to appearance, editor, and on the right hand side you will see something called ad page template, and some other options.

      When you click on ad page template you can see images ad 2 jpg - and that particular image is the strip going across the top with the google ads. I have a feeling you can pop your code in there for the google ads to replace - but you will need the appropriate code to display right.

      I would hunt around in the back there and look for where the other image files are nested.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dave d
      Originally Posted by Barbara Wilson View Post

      Artisteer isn't for customizing themes - it's for designing them. So it won't help you in this particular instance.

      That particular banner is named ad1.jpg and is 468x60px. If you upload a different banner, named ad1.jpg that is the same size (to you images folder as avenuegirl pointed out) it will replace that banner. If you want to change the banner name or size you'll have to make some other changes. You'll find the instructions to call your header in the css style sheet.
      Barbara, thanks, I dont what to change the actual banner just the picture on the far right corner which I want to replace with a clickable image to an affilaite produce
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      • Profile picture of the author JustVisiting
        Originally Posted by Dave d View Post

        I dont what to change the actual banner just the picture on the far right corner which I want to replace with a clickable image to an affilaite produce
        This is a standard 468 x 60 banner positioned top right. When you say "change the picture" you need to edit the banner.

        If you want to make it clickable simply edit the page html. It is called in the header on the page. (not the css file - this calls the header background)

        Here's what you need:

        <a href="http://www.your-aff-link"><img src="http://howtoloosestomachfatnow.com/wp-content/themes/healthy_weight_loss/images/ad1.jpg" alt="" /></a>
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  • Profile picture of the author Barbara Wilson
    That's what I'm talking about. That's a 468x60 banner in the header section. You're talking about the image that says "Lose up to 15lbs in 15 Days" right?
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