How can I eliminate choosing a theme and cropping my photographs?

  • gardenfriend2 · Member ·

    I do NOT want to pick a theme and DO want a custom header…I want to use my own photographs in the format in which I took them.

    If I use your cropping then I lose the integrity of the shot! Example: I have a vertical format and you have a horizontal, that is about the third of the original size. That produces a result of viewing someone’s belly button instead of their torso.

    If I pick a theme, then it has nothing to do with my content; like wearing plaids and florals. No thanks!

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

  • timethief · Member ·

    I do NOT want to pick a theme and DO want a custom header…

    A blog without a theme is NOT possible here at WordPress.com. You cannot build or use your own custom theme built from scratch at WordPress.com.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

    The only themes we can use are those found here > Appearance > Themes
    This is a multiuser blogging platform. All blogs wearing the same theme are using the same underlying template and we cannot access the underlying files and edit templates or themes. http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/editing-themes/

    There are two free themes, Sandbox and Toolbox designed to allow maximum flexibility for CSS editing and creating new “skins”. Toolbox is more modern and includes a lot of support for CSS3 and HTML5, so it is really only limited by your skills and knowledge.

    If you have CSS editing experience the upgrade will allow you to stylize the appearance of themes you find here > Appearance > Themes, but will not allow you to change the functionality, by editing the underlying template. It does not allow you to remove footer links to the theme designer or to WordPress.com. Also note that CSS is theme specific, so you cannot use the CSS stylesheets from other themes with the themes at WordPress.COM. http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-css/

    See also > WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org: The Differences > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  • timethief · Member ·

    If I use your cropping then I lose the integrity of the shot!

    If you intend to remain here at WordPress.com what follows applies. Prior to uploading any image into your blog, regardless if it’s a header image, a featured image, an image in a post or page, in a Post format (Gallery or Image), an image for sidebar display in an image widget or a text widget, you can optimize and re-size it in either a desktop image editing software or online image editing software to fit the space you intend to use it in.
    http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/03/26/cropper-or-proper-image-preparation-2/

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