I have a theme running here http://hacked.frag.clanservers.com and the main header php file uses a logo that is 44pixs. I have a banner thats longer then that is there anyway to change the code so it will use my banner and not the sliced image. Any help would be great thanks.

I'm not sure you really want to eliminate the sliced image. I believe its there so your header doesn't stretch or compress horribly depending on your members/guests screen resolution. I guess if you really wanted to you could adjust the code from:

<tr>
<td width="60%" height="44" background="themes/subBlack3d/forums/images/hmdl.gif">[img]themes/subBlack3d/forums/images/logo.gif[/img]</td>
<td width="40%" height="44" background="themes/subBlack3d/forums/images/hmdl.gif"></td>
</tr>

to:

<tr>
<td>[img]themes/subBlack3d/forums/images/logo.gif[/img]</td>
</tr>

I'm not really a theme guy and it takes me a while to acheive the desired effect when creating a new header.

BTW, does this mean that you already have a new header and are no longer looking for one and just need help altering the code or am I having acid flahsbacks?

flashbacks are bad no i have a few themes on the site but the subBlack3d is the one i like the most thats the one i want the logo for. I will just adjust the code for the new logo.

I have a question for you, hfsmoked.

How did you get your logo.jpg to Size with your page when someone resizes their browser? Is that done with some javascript?

actually i dont know. i am sure i could look and mabe find the code but i would check the html file that goes with the header.php it should be header.html if you cant find it there them i am lost as i am a php nub and are still learning.

It happens because the image size is inside of code such as follows:



The image is in a cell that is created as a percentage rather than a pixel size which is the reason for stretching.

I do believe that if your creating an image for a header that you know will be stretched rather than at locked pixels (ex: width=800) it is best to create a banner that will size down instead of size up.

IMHO, build a banner that looks clean at 1600 x 1200 resolution because it should size down cleanly to lower resolutions. If I had known hfsmoked was going to keep his site header as an autostretch value, I would have created a much larger header image. :?

i didnt know as i am a nubie lol.

An easy way to get an idea of how code is used is to do the following:

- Open webpage your curious about
- Move mouse pointer over image
- Right mouse click, select properties
- An element properties window will open up showing Link Properties and Image Properties.
- Under Image Properties, Location is the code your interested in.
- Close Element Properties Window
- At the top of your webbrowser choose View/Page Source
- Find Image Properties Location (here you will find all the relavent info. on how that image is placed, and why it changes color, animates, makes sounds, etc.

Each browser has roughly the same code view feature. IMHO, this is one of the best ways to troubleshoot your website or to learn new code.

Another handy thing to do is copy/paste the code in Dreamweaver and then preview it in a webbrowser. You can edit the code as much as you like then and see what changing it does to the overall layout.

Actually i just notcied that my banner doesnt resize. I am using 800x600 resolution on my work computer. Any ideas about how to correct this would be great. thanks

It resizes fine for me at work (1024 x 768) and at home (1280 x 960) so I'm not sure what the problem may be.

Can you provide a screenshot?