If you are a self-taught blogging DIYer, you might have seen these gorgeous headers and buttons with mouseover effects and you wonder, “How do they do that?” Today’s tutorial is going to teach you how! One disclaimer — I’m going to show you how to create a fully interactive header, but I’ll be giving instructions for […]
How to Make a Header Background that Spans the Width of Your Site
Do you ever feel like your blog is too small? It’s called blog claustrophobia, and I have a solution. People often give their blog more columns, or menus, or footers, but sometimes it’s a matter of simple design. If you look at this blog, you’ll notice the header spans the width of the site. It […]
Using Canva to Create a Header for Your Blog
Your blog header is the first thing someone sees when arriving on your site. It’s a defining image or logo that tells your reader what to expect from you. A header usually includes text, symbol or image/s, and a tag line. Headers can take up the top 1/3 of a blog or website, or they […]
Creating a Header Image for Your Blog
So you want to make your header awesome, but you don’t have Photoshop or money to hire a designer. No worries – you can make one for free…today! Depending on your platform and theme, headers can be anywhere from 800-1200 pixels wide and 100-400 pixels tall. (A good reference is 1140 x 300px). The pictures below […]