Twenty seventeen header image

billallsopp · Member · Oct 30, 2017 at 2:23 pm
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Hi,
I like the 20/17 layout but the header function is really annoying.
1. The required crop operates to different dimension to what is shown so I crop an image as required and then is displays it with the bottom cut off.
2. My site is designed for the display of photographs but as the maximum image the header allows is 2000px wide it looks rubbish on my 27″ iMac at 5120 px wide.
Are there any fixes please or better themes to use if not?
Thanks
Bill

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timethief · Member · Oct 30, 2017 at 6:12 pm
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You can browse free themes here https://wordpress.com/themes/free

For free themes photoblogging and/or photography themes that you might be interested in try these links:
http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/subjects/photoblogging/
https://wordpress.com/themes/free/filter/photoblogging
http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/subjects/photography/
https://wordpress.com/themes/free/filter/photography

Themes are just “skins” on WordPress.COM hosted blogs.
Note that switching themes https://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/#switch-themes can be easily done, provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the site, you to

http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/themes.php

*Replace NAME_OF_BLOG in that URL with the actual name of your blog. wp-admin/themes.php

We have a preview function. No content is lost when switching themes on WordPress.COM hosted blogs. It does not matter if the site is private or public.
billallsopp · Member · Oct 30, 2017 at 6:51 pm
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Thank you timethief. I will follow up what you suggest if a fix does not exist or the current theme.
siobhyb · Staff · Oct 31, 2017 at 5:28 pm
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@billallsopp: I wanted to add a couple of extra points here too. :)

Most themes that are designed for large custom headers, like Twenty Seventeen, will tread those headers as background images that get cropped to look good across all devices, regardless of size. Custom headers that work best in this type of theme are more flexible, decorative or abstract, so they can handle some sort of cropping.

If you have an image that you want to feature along the top of your site, and don’t want it to be cropped, I recommend browsing for a theme that supports the site logo feature. The site logo feature is meant for images like yours, that include important text or can’t tolerate cropping, You can filter for free themes that support that feature:

https://wordpress.com/themes/filter/site-logo/type/free/

Hope that’s helpful!
billallsopp · Member · Oct 31, 2017 at 6:40 pm
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@siobhyb thank you!
siobhyb · Staff · Oct 31, 2017 at 8:12 pm
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You’re most welcome!

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