racheldorman.co.uk

Today I created a header image for this site, to replace the temporary one I uploaded a few days ago when I first switched to WordPress.

I mentioned previously that I’m using the K2 theme. The site admin page includes a tool to upload a new image header (go to the Design tab, and Custom Image Header). It doesn’t seem to be compatible with the 2 column layout. The uploader always resizes my image, despite it being set at 780 x 200px, which I believe to be the correct size. I really want to avoid unnecessary resizing in case it results in a change to the image’s appearance.

I now know how to avoid this:

Create the header image (780 x 200px 72dpi RGB web-optimised JPG) and manually save into the directory /httpdocs/wp/wp-content/themes/k2/images/headers.

Then, in the admin panel, go to K2 Options (also under the Design tab) and the image file now appears in the dropdown under Header / Select an Image.