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Using WordPress – Custom Themes The Harder (but BETTER) way

How to customize your themes the harder but better way. This and more tips at usingwordpress.org First, I recommend you watch the previous video “Using WordPress – Custom Themes The Easier Way” http This is a part two to that video. Continuing on from the first video (Steps 1 through 3) Step 4) Copy current header.jpg to a new file (eg yoursitename-logo.jpg). Step 5) Blank out the header.jpg Step 6) Zip up new theme, upload it. Optionally comment out blog title and description in header.php file Step 7) Upload yoursitename-logo.jpg using Media Manager Step 8) Grab URL of yoursitename-logo.jpg from Media Manager Step 9) Edit header.php file, look for where the header image is located, and put in an “img” tag with the URL of yoursitename-logo.jpg Step 9a) In header.php file Add the anchor tags to make your logo clickable Step 9b) In header.php file Add in alt text to your image with blogname and description Step 10) Save changes, enjoy your new custom site with clickable logo and alt text of your blog title and description ! usingwordpress.org Enjoy! http