VERY low tech user trying to tweak my theme

  • Hi. I am totally new to WordPress and blogging. My site is https://www.imaginethatblog.com I am trying get a image (jpeg file on my computer) into the header on in my theme. The theme I am using is called Art Magazine and I got it from the WordPress directory. In addition to this change, there is an archives and an about me widget on the bottom of the page that I did not put there and would very much like to get rid of. For the life of me I cannot figure out how to accomplish these things and I have literally been trying for over 12 hours in the past few days. I tried to download the WordPress software but I could not figure out for the life of me how to install it. All the instructions I read said it involved something with my server. Given that I am just using my home laptop, I am not even sure that I have a server. Because I couldn’t get the WordPress software to work for me, I can’t figure out how to get to the files for my theme and the only access is have is through the admin page (imaginethatblog.com/wp-admin) I apologize in advance if the answer is really simple. Im just a lawyer by day and have never done any sort of web development and Im SO lost. Help please!

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  • I can help if you need me to….

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    and yes you need to upload the script to the place where you have your domain name hosted (on a server)

    First you need to undo the changes you made in header.php. You’re currently trying to get the page to load an .htm document that is only on your home computer. So, in your theme’s header.php file, change:

    <div id="header" style="background: transparent url(file:///C:/Users/Ash/Documents/ImagineThatLogoCrop2.htm) no-repeat scroll left top ! important;">

    to

    <div id="header">

    Next save your header image as a 595 pixel wide by 170 pixel high .gif file on your machine. Just the image. Not the graphic embedded in an .htm document.

    You will then need to upload this image from your computer to your web site using either FTP or whatever file management software your hosting company provides. You will be uploading this .gif file to the /wp-content/themes/art-magazine/images folder.

    Once this is complete, check your site. Remember to press CTRL and F5 simultaneously when viewing the updatedsite. Or try emptying your browser cache. This should ensure that your web browser fetches a fresh copy of the page rather than serving up an out-dated copy from your own cache.

    Removing the unwanted Archive list and the About Me text from the footer will involved editing the footer.php file. If you do not feel that you are able to do this yourself, then I would recommend that you contact a professional. It’s a relatively small job, so it shouldn’t cost very much.

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