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HTMLHelp Forums _ Markup (HTML, XHTML, XML) _ Inserting a Banner
Posted by: needhtmlhelp May 15 2009, 03:08 PM
I just downloaded a tumblr theme for my new blog. I'd like to insert a banner at the top of the page in place of the title. I already have the banner I'd like to use but I am unsure of where/how to edit the html so that it appears.
Attached is the html script.
Any help is appreciated, I'm new to this. 
html.doc ( 120k )
Number of downloads: 5177
Posted by: pandy May 15 2009, 03:45 PM
Use your editor's Find tool and search for "title" and you'll find the spot.
Also, don't use Word to edit HTML. It may do things one doesn't want done to HTML unless you know exactly what you are doing. Use a plain text editor. Notepad will do fine if you don't have something better. 
Posted by: needhtmlhelp May 15 2009, 04:53 PM
Use your editor's Find tool and search for "title" and you'll find the spot.
Also, don't use Word to edit HTML. It may do things one doesn't want done to HTML unless you know exactly what you are doing. Use a plain text editor. Notepad will do fine if you don't have something better.
Thanks! I actually wasn't editing it in word, I just posted it here in word as an attachment.
Also, I did insert it in the title spot, but it completely messed up the entire layout. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.
Posted by: Darin McGrew May 15 2009, 04:58 PM
Can you provide the URL (address) of a document that demonstrates the problem?
Posted by: needhtmlhelp May 15 2009, 05:08 PM
Sure...
www.livinglongisland.tumblr.com
Posted by: pandy May 15 2009, 05:12 PM
With the logo, please.
Hey, nice looking chook! 
Posted by: needhtmlhelp May 15 2009, 05:21 PM
Here is the banner code:
<a href="http://www.livinglongisland.tumblr.com"><img src="http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/2716/21763356a4e1580m3.png" border="0" width="435" height="75" alt="BannerFans.com" /></a>
Posted by: Darin McGrew May 15 2009, 06:05 PM
Do you have a version that demonstrates your best effort at adding the "banner code", so we can see what the problem is?
Posted by: needhtmlhelp May 15 2009, 06:25 PM
Do you have a version that demonstrates your best effort at adding the "banner code", so we can see what the problem is?
This is what happens:
livinglongisland.tumblr.com
My sidebar goes to the bottom of the page and the banner doesnt even show up.
Posted by: Darin McGrew May 15 2009, 06:40 PM
I recommend that you start by fixing the markup and CSS errors reported by the online tools:
http://htmlhelp.com/cgi-bin/validate.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Flivinglongisland.tumblr.com%2F&warnings=yes
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Flivinglongisland.tumblr.com%2F&profile=css21&usermedium=all&warning=1&lang=en
Posted by: pandy May 15 2009, 06:51 PM
I still see the sidebar where it was before and I don't see a banner??? I hardly see to read on screen anymore and am eagerly waiting for my glasses to be ready, but I think I would see a big banner. 
Posted by: needhtmlhelp May 15 2009, 06:56 PM
Do you have a version that demonstrates your best effort at adding the "banner code", so we can see what the problem is?
Try again:
www.livinglongisland.tumblr.com
And yeah, there is no banner yet. It's not showing up. Thanks the problem
Posted by: Darin McGrew May 15 2009, 08:02 PM
Again, I recommend that you start by fixing the markup errors and CSS errors reported by the online tools:
http://htmlhelp.com/cgi-bin/validate.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Flivinglongisland.tumblr.com%2F&warnings=yes
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Flivinglongisland.tumblr.com%2F&profile=css21&usermedium=all&warning=1&lang=en
Posted by: pandy May 15 2009, 09:43 PM
And yeah, there is no banner yet. It's not showing up. Thanks the problem
Where did you put the markup for it? The source code has the same as before...
Posted by: needhtmlhelp May 15 2009, 11:07 PM
Got it!! THANKS!
Posted by: needhtmlhelp!! Dec 6 2011, 07:38 PM
I really need some help, I want to add the banner (attached below) to my tumblr but i don't know where to put it in the html code (which is also attached).
Can someone please help??
banner_html.rtf ( 492bytes )
Number of downloads: 887
tumblr_html.rtf ( 17.44k )
Number of downloads: 759
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