Cover photo questions

[Bill in CA]

I'm sure this will seem silly to more experienced users, but how do I set an image as the board's cover photo, and are there any recommended best practices as to image size?

Thanks in advance!

[Randy Calvert]

Where specifically are you referring to?  Are you meaning the board's logo image?  (I just want to make sure I understand what you're trying to actually accomplish before making suggestions on something you may not be interested in.)

[Marc]

You can change the logo on your site from your theme in Customization>Themes, by clicking the edit icon. There is no 'cover photo' as such if you mean a background for the header section on the whole site. Thats something you would need to theme in if you wished to add one

[Bill in CA]

19 hours ago, Marc Stridgen said:

You can change the logo on your site from your theme in Customization>Themes, by clicking the edit icon. There is no 'cover photo' as such if you mean a background for the header section on the whole site. Thats something you would need to theme in if you wished to add one

It's the latter , Mark - adding a photo into the theme so it appears at the top of the page, preferably not appearing  for phone users. Is there a guide online as to how that's done, even if just how to add the photo?

[Mark H]

While there's no guide specifically to add a background image, we do have a number of guides for Themes overall. That can be found starting here:

 

[Bill in CA]

Thanks. I had tried finding it there and will go back and dig deeper.

[Morrigan]

It will depend on your theme but I believe you are talking about the header behind the logo and the user bar:

#ipsLayout_header header

That will be the element you need to edit. You would add a background and a height. And then setup a responsive thing to not have it there for smaller devices.

[Marc]

I think the main think you need to be aware of here Bill is that its something you will need to add into your theme (code in) rather than something that is simply a setting