HTML help with my Tumblr theme (Image Header)

Asked by lolmassmedia (4

) March 21st, 2010

Below I put the HTML for my tumblr page. I was wanting to put an image header above everything that would appear on every page a the top and link back to the main page when clicked on. I was wondering what code I needed to put and where. Something where I could just insert a .jpg URL and have it be the header image of my site.

Besides the header, I was wanting to center the blocks of text and everything instead of having it all on the left. (as you can see in the link below of the theme)

I use the “Linear” theme which can be viewed here (click on preview) http://www.tumblr.com/theme/5136

Here is the actual html I use:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC ”-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN”
“http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd”>

@media only screen and (max-device-width: 480px) {
body {
-webkit-text-stroke: 0 black;
}
}

*:active, *:focus { outline-width: 0px; }
.content p, .content h1, .content h2, .content h3, .content h4, .content blockquote, .content ul, .content ol, ol.notes li, ol.notes blockquote, .content li, .content img, .content table { margin: 0 0 12px 0; }
a { text-decoration: none; }
a img { border-width: 0px; }

em { font-style: italic }
strong { font-weight: bold }

iframe#tumblr_controls { top: 8px !important; }

}

.border {
height: 8px;
background: #444;
}

.container {
width: 685px;
padding: 0 0 30px 0;
}

.column.left {
width: 160px;
font-family: “Helvetica Neue”, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
text-align: right;
float: left;
}

.column.left a {
color: #a8a8a8;
}
.column.left a:hover {
color: {color:Accent};
}

.column.left a.home {
color: #fff;
font-size: 13px;
font-weight: bold;
text-transform: uppercase;
background: {color:Accent};
margin: 91px 0 0 0;
padding: 2px 10px;
display: block;
}
.column.left a.home:hover {
color: #fff;
}

li.post .column.left span {
color: {color:Accent};
font-weight: bold;
}

li.post {
overflow: hidden;
list-style-type: none;
}

.column.right {
width: 500px;
font-family: Lucida, Georgia, “Times New Roman”, Times, serif;
font-size: 14px;
float: right;
}

.column.right .static {
min-height: 22px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1;
margin: 30px 0 20px 0;
padding: 0 0 20px 0;
}

.column.right .static a {
color: #FFFFFF;
font-size: 11px;
font-family: “Helvetica Neue”, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}

{block:IfNotShowLikesLink}
.column.right .static a.likes {
display: none;
}
{/block:IfNotShowLikesLink}

.column.right .description {
border-bottom: 3px double #e1e1e1;
border-style: double;
margin: 0 0 30px 0;
padding: 0 0 20px 0;
}

{block:Twitter}.column.right .description { padding: 0 0 8px 0 !important; }{/block:Twitter}

.column.right .description .twitter {
border-top: 1px dotted #e8e8e8;
margin: 20px 0 0 0;
padding: 20px 0 12px 0;
}

.column.right .description .twitter .username {
margin: 0 7px 0 0;
float: left;
}

.column.right .description .twitter ul#twitter {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
float: left;
}

.column.right .description .twitter li {
list-style-type: none;
}

li.post .column.right .content {
padding: 0 0 18px 0;
}

.container ul.allposts .postwrapper .divider {
width: 500px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #e8e8e8;
margin: 0 0 30px 185px;
clear: both;
}

{block:IfNotEndlessScrolling}
.container ul.allposts .postwrapper:last-child .divider {
border-bottom: 3px double #e8e8e8;
margin: 0 0 20px 185px !important;
}
{/block:IfNotEndlessScrolling}

li.post .column.right .content .clear {
clear: both;
}

.column.right a {
color: {color:Accent};
}
.column.right a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}

.column.right h2 {
font-size: 18px;
letter-spacing: 1px;
line-height: 24px;
}

.column.right h2 a.title {
color: #FFFFFF;
}

.column.right h2 a span,
a.home span {
font-family: “Lucida Grande”;
}

.column.right img {
max-width: 100%;
}

.column.right blockquote {
font-size: 13px;
border-left: 1px dotted #e1e1e1;
padding: 0 0 0 20px;
}

.column.right pre {
font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier;
background: #e6e6e6;
padding: 10px;
margin: 0 0 12px 0;
}

.column.right small {
color: #a8a8a8;
font-size: 11px;
font-family: “Helvetica Neue”, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}

.column.right small a {
color: #a8a8a8;
}

.column.right small a:hover {
color: #757575;
text-decoration: none;
}

.column.right small.high_res {
text-align: right;
margin: 0 0 12px 0;
display: block;
}

.column.right small a .download {
width: 11px;
height: 9px;
background: url(http://static.tumblr.com/thpaaos/jSTkv2d7l/icon_high_resolution.png) no-repeat;
margin: 0 0 0 3px;
display: inline-block;
}

table.chat {
width: 100%;
margin: 0 0 3px 0;
border-collapse: collapse;
}

h2 + table.chat {
margin: 0 0 14px 0 !important;
}

table.chat tr td {
padding: 3px 10px;
}

table.chat tr td.name {
font-weight: bold;
text-align: right;
vertical-align: top;
}

table.chat tr td.line1 {
background: #F2F2F2;
}

.album_case {
width: 205px;
height: 193px;
background: url(http://static.tumblr.com/thpaaos/zXnkx16pe/album_case.png);
margin: 0 45px 30px 0;
position: relative;
z-index: 10;
float: left;
}

img.album_art {
max-width: 188px !important;
margin: 3px 0 0 -250px;
position: relative;
left: 15px;
z-index: 9;
float: left;
}

.audio .audio_player {
width: 207px;
opacity: 80%;
-webkit-opacity: 0.8;
-moz-opacity: 0.8;
display: inline-block;
}

.audio small {
display: block;
}

ol.notes {
border-bottom: 1px dotted #e8e8e8;
margin: 0 0 30px 0;
padding: 0 0 30px 0;
}

ol.notes img {
display: none;
}

ol.notes li {
list-style-type: none;
}

.navigation {
border-bottom: 1px dotted #e8e8e8;
margin: 0 0 30px 0;
padding: 0 0 20px 0;
overflow: hidden;
}

.navigation .count {
float: left;
}

.navigation .links {
width: 200px;
float: right;
}

.navigation.permalink .links {
width: 100%;
overflow: hidden;
}

.navigation .links a.right {
float: right;
}

.navigation .links a.left {
float: left;
}

.loading_posts {
width: 24px;
height: 24px;
background: url(http://static.tumblr.com/thpaaos/395kv2j3s/ajax-loader.gif);
position: fixed;
bottom: 30px;
left: 725px;
}

#disqus_thread {
border-bottom: 1px solid #e8e8e8;
margin: 0 0 30px 0;
padding: 0 0 30px 0;
}

#streampadAudioCaption,
#streampadPlayerClickToPlay {
font-size: 11px !important;
font-weight: normal !important;
}

#streampadProfileButton,
#streamPadFullScreenButton,
#streampadPlayerBorderNum1,
#streampadPlayerBorderNum2,
#streampadPlayerBorderNum3 { display: none !important; }

{CustomCSS}
</style>

{block:IfEndlessScrolling}
{block:IndexPage}
<script type=“text/javascript” src=“http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js”></script>
<script type=“text/javascript” src=“http://static.tumblr.com/thpaaos/sZQkv2j7g/infinitescroll.js”></script>
<script type=“text/javascript”>
var jQis = jQuery.noConflict();
jQis(function($){
// Infinite Scroll plugin
// copyright: Paul Irish & dirkhaim
// license: cc-wrapped GPL : http://creativecommons.org/licenses/GPL/2.0/
$(‘ul.allposts’).infinitescroll({
debug : false,
nextSelector : “div.navigation a.right”,
loadingImg : “http://kiske.jp/tumblr/loader.gif”,
text : ””,
donetext : “No more posts.”,
navSelector : “div.navigation”,
contentSelector : “ul.allposts”,
itemSelector : “ul.allposts > .postwrapper”
});
});
</script>
{/block:IndexPage}
{/block:IfEndlessScrolling}
</head>
<script type=“text/javascript”>
var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”);
document.write(unescape(”%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=‘text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”));
</script>
<script type=“text/javascript”>
try {
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-15361345–1”);
pageTracker._trackPageview();
} catch(err) {}</script>
<body>
<div class=“border”></div>

<div class=“container”>
<div class=“column right”>
<div class=“static”>
{block:HasPages}
{block:Pages}<a href=”{URL}”>{Label}</a>   {block:Pages}
{/block:HasPages}
{block:IfShowRSSLink}<a href=”{RSS}”>RSS</a>   {/block:IfShowRSSLink}
{block:IfShowArchiveLink}<a href=”/archive”>Archive</a>   {/block:IfShowArchiveLink}
{block:Likes}<a href=“http://www.tumblr.com/liked/by/{Name}” class=“likes”>Likes</a>{/block:Likes}
</div>
</div>

<div class=“header”>
<div class=“column left”>
<a href=”/” class=“home”>{Title} <span>→</span></a>
</div>

<div class=“column right”>
<div class=“description”>
{Description}

{block:Twitter}
<div class=“twitter”>
<span class=“username”><a href=“http://www.twitter.com/{TwitterUsername}”>twitter.com/{TwitterUsername}</a>:</span> <ul id=“twitter_update_list”></ul>
</div>
{/block:Twitter}
</div>
</div>
<div style=“clear:both”></div>
</div>

<ul class=“allposts”>
{block:Posts}
<div class=“postwrapper”>
<li class=“post”>
<div class=“column left”>
<a href=”{Permalink}”>{DayOfMonth} {ShortMonth} {Year}<br/>
{block:IfShowNotes}{block:NoteCount} ({NoteCountWithLabel}){/block:NoteCount}{/block:IfShowNotes}</a><br />

{block:Date}
{block:IfDisqusShortname}
<a href=”{Permalink}#disqus_thread”></a><br />
{block:IfDisqusShortname}
{/block:Date}

</div>

<div class=“column right”>
<div class=“content”>
{block:Photo}
{LinkOpenTag}<img src=”{PhotoURL-500}” alt=”{PhotoAlt}” {block:HighRes}style=“margin: 0 0 2px 0”{/block:HighRes}>{LinkCloseTag}
{block:HighRes}<small class=“high_res”><a href=”{PhotoURL-HighRes}” target=“_blank”>View high resolution <div class=“download”></div></a></small>{/block:HighRes}
{block:Caption}<p>{Caption}</p>{/block:Caption}
{/block:Photo}

{block:Photoset}
{Photoset-500}
{block:Caption}<p>{Caption}</p>{/block:Caption}
{/block:Photoset}

{block:Video}
{Video-500}
{block:Caption}<p>{Caption}</p>{/block:Caption}
{/block:Video}

{block:Audio}
{block:AlbumArt}
<div class=“album_case”></div>
<img src=”{AlbumArtURL}” class=“album_art” />
{/block:AlbumArt}

<div class=“audio”>
{AudioPlayerGrey}

<small>{FormattedPlayCount} plays{block:ExternalAudio} | <a href=”{ExternalAudioURL}”>Download track <div class=“download”></div></a>{/block:ExternalAudio}</small>
{block:Caption}<p>{Caption}</p>{/block:Caption}
</div>
{/block:Audio}

{block:Link}
<h2><a href=”{URL}” {Target}>{Name} <span>→</span></a></h2>
{block:Description}<p>{Description}</p>{/block:Description}
{/block:Link}

{block:Quote}
<h2>”{Quote}”</h2>
{block:Source}<p>{Source}</p>{/block:Source}
{/block:Quote}

{block:Text}
{block:Title}<h2><a href=”{Permalink}” class=“title”>{Title}</a></h2>{/block:Title}
<p>{Body}
{block:More}
<small><a href=”{Permalink}”>Read More</a></small>
{/block:More}
</p>
{/block:Text}

{block:Chat}
{block:Title}<h2><a href=”{Permalink}” class=“title”>{Title}</a></h2>{/block:Title}
<table class=“chat” cellspacing=“0”>
{block:Lines}
<tr>
{block:Label}<td class=“name line{UserNumber}”>{Label}</td>{block:Label}<td class=“words line{UserNumber}”>{Line}</td>
</tr>
{/block:Lines}
</table>
{/block:Chat}

{block:PermalinkPage}<div class=“divider” style=“margin: 0 0 20px 0 !important”></div>{/block:PermalinkPage}

{block:PermalinkPagination}
<div class=“navigation permalink”>
<div class=“links”>
{block:PreviousPost}<a href=”{PreviousPost}” class=“right”>Next Post</a>{/block:PreviousPost}
{block:NextPost}<a href=”{NextPost}” class=“left”>Previous</a>{/block:NextPost}
</div>
</div>
{/block:PermalinkPagination}

{block:IfDisqusShortname}
{block:Permalink}
<div id=“disqus_thread”></div>
<script type=“text/javascript” src=“http://disqus.com/forums/{text:Disqus Shortname}/embed.js”></script>
<noscript><a href=“http://{text:Disqus Shortname}.disqus.com/?url=ref”>View the discussion thread.</a></noscript>
{/block:Permalink}
{/block:IfDisqusShortname}

{block:IfShowNotes}{PostNotes}{/block:IfShowNotes}
</div>
</li>
{block:IndexPage}<div class=“divider”></div>{/block:IndexPage}
</div>
{/block:Posts}
</ul>

{block:Pagination}
<div class=“column right”>
<div class=“navigation”>
<div class=“count”>
{CurrentPage} of {TotalPages}
</div>

<div class=“links”>
{block:NextPage}<a href=”{NextPage}” class=“right”>Next Page</a>{/block:NextPage}
{block:PreviousPage}<a href=”{PreviousPage}” class=“left”>Previous</a>{/block:PreviousPage}
</div>
</div>
</div>
{/block:Pagination}

<div class=“column right”>
I’ve been waiting for you, StarFox.
</div>

{block:IfStreampad}
<script type=“text/javascript” src=“http://o.aolcdn.com/art/merge?f=/_media/sp/sp-player.js&f=/_media/sp/sp-player-tumblr.js&expsec=86400&ver=11&bgcolor=#ffffff&trackcolor=#666666&clicktext=Play audio tracks&showpop=false&progressfrontcolor=#202020&progressbackcolor=ffffff&showplaylistbutton=false&showvolumebutton=false&btncolor=black-white”></script>
{block:IfStreampad}

{block:Twitter}
<script src=“http://static.tumblr.com/thpaaos/ZCdkl306g/twitter.js” type=“text/javascript”></script>
<script src=“http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/{TwitterUsername}.json?callback=twitterCallback2&count=1” type=“text/javascript”></script>
{/block:Twitter}

{block:IfDisqusShortname}
<script type=“text/javascript”>
//<![CDATA[
(function() {
var links = document.getElementsByTagName(‘a’);
var query = ’?’;
for(var i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {
if(links[i].href.indexOf(’#disqus_thread’) >= 0) {
query += ‘url’ + i + ’=’ + encodeURIComponent(links[i].href) + ’&’;
}
}
document.write(’<script charset=“utf-8” type=“text/javascript” src=“http://disqus.com/forums/{text:Disqus Shortname}/get_num_replies.js’ + query + ’”></’ + ‘script>’);
})();
//]]>
</script>
{/block:IfDisqusShortname}
</body>
</html>

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4 Answers

I think you misplaced a ”}” in that script…

rebbel (35549

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Easiest way on this theme is is to stick the image in the the div called border. And then set the height of the image in the css/

.border {
height: 8px; <——Chang this to the height of your image.
background: #444;
}

Check the source here.

jrpowell (40562

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Thanks johnpowell.

If I didn’t want it to take up the entire width of the page, should I just put in some width parameters?

If you get time, could you see if you could help me center all the posts and everything, instead of having everything on the left?
If not that’s fine, you helped me a lot.
Much obliged.

lolmassmedia (4

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Check your private comments. I answered it there. And the link above should now reflect the additional changes.

jrpowell (40562

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