Using Wordpress - Custom Themes The Harder (but BETTER) way

How to customize your themes the harder but better way. This and more tips at
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First, I recommend you watch the previous video
"Using Wordpress - Custom Themes The Easier Way"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku0IKkztAoE

This is a part two to that video.

Continuing on from the first video (Steps 1 through 3)

Step 4) Copy current header.jpg to a new file (e.g. yoursitename-logo.jpg).
Step 5) Blank out the header.jpg
Step 6) Zip up new theme, upload it. Optionally comment out blog title and description in header.php file
Step 7) Upload yoursitename-logo.jpg using Media Manager
Step 8) Grab URL of yoursitename-logo.jpg from Media Manager
Step 9) Edit header.php file, look for where the header image is located, and put in an "img" tag with the URL of yoursitename-logo.jpg
Step 9a) In header.php file Add the anchor tags to make your logo clickable
Step 9b) In header.php file Add in alt text to your image with blogname and description
Step 10) Save changes, enjoy your new custom site with clickable logo and alt text of your blog title and description !

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Enjoy!
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