Thanks For the Banner Image!

April 27th, 2007 by Mark

I’ve been extremely lazy in working on the layout and presentation of this site, as regular readers can surely tell. The banner image that used to be at the top of this site was just the default image from the Wuhan theme, plus some text. It sucked.

In fact, it sucked so bad that one reader took it upon himself to design me a better one. He used the picture I took of the Starbucks inside the Forbidden City in Beijing last summer. Thanks, Wally!

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13 Responses to “Thanks For the Banner Image!”

  1. 1 Prince Roy Says:

    So why aren’t you using it? It’s much better than what you have now.

    And say it ain’t so. Are you really imbedding ads now within posts?

  2. 2 Mark Says:

    I am using it! Don’t you see it?

    There’s an ad after each post, before the comments, and one in the sidebar (if you’re looking at a single post). That’s the same as it’s always been. If you don’t like them, you can install the ad block plug-in for Firefox, or read my posts via a feed reader. If you haven’t noticed them until now, though, I’m not too worried.

  3. 3 Frostfox Says:

    Thanks! I only see half of it, the jagged text is still there :(

    I’m in the process of making one for Prince Roy. But to be successful I would have to modify his header.php file.

  4. 4 Mark Says:

    I couldn’t give up this font, so I only replaced the picture.

  5. 5 David Reid Says:

    You inspired me to change my header image too. I had a photo sitting there for ages that I wanted to use, but I never got round to changing it until now.

  6. 6 Frostfox Says:

    I would of kept that font, but made it prettier, but I couldn’t find it.

  7. 7 Prince Roy Says:

    I’m not seeing it. It is still showing the golden gate bridge.

  8. 8 Prince Roy Says:

    Frostfox,

    what’s your email? I tried to visit your site, but you’ve been a deadbeat with the bills this month and your account is suspended.

  9. 9 Prince Roy Says:

    ok, I did what you said and cleared private data. I can see it now. Much better.

  10. 10 Frostfox Says:

    Bills were paid, just some random accounting error. All is fixed.
    PR I texted you my email address.

  11. 11 Prince Roy Says:

    Mark,

    I think the banner would look even better if the picture occupied more space and the text was smaller.

    I like your quicktags above for comments. Did you get that plug-in from somewhere or write it yourself?

  12. 12 Mark Says:

    I’m using the comment quicktags plugin, but obviously I had to add the pinyin vowels myself.

  13. 13 Mark Says:

    The header image is gone. I’ve re-made my theme, and decided I don’t need a banner.

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