Looking for a theme with wide header and custom background

[azbeth]

Hi, I like Lifestyle but recently it went to a small header picture. I'd like a wide header and also be able to tile an image for the background. Does anyone know of one that would work for this?

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[AnitaC]

You need to customize the header to fit the size. What is the size of the original header that you want to fill the space?

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[azbeth]

I want the header to be at least 900 px wide. I don't like the way the Lifestyle Pro update limits the size to much smaller. So I'm wondering if there is a Genesis theme that allows a wide header and lets me tile an image for the background.

[AnitaC]

It's not that it's limited, it's just that they opted that the default header be smaller. You can change the settings by going to Appearance > Editor. Click Functions.php on the right. Look for this:

//* Add support for custom header
add_theme_support( 'custom-header', array(
	'header_image'    => '',
	'header-selector' => '.site-title a',
	'header-text'     => false,
	'height'          => 110,
	'width'           => 320,
) );

Change the height and width there. Then back to Appearance > Header and upload your header again.

Then go to Style.css and look for this:

.title-area {
	float: left;
	width: 320px;
}

Change 320 to your header width. Then look for this:

.header-image .site-title a {
	float: left;
	margin-bottom: 15px;
	min-height: 110px;
	width: 100%;
}

Change the min-height to the height of your header.

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[azbeth]

Thank you.

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