I cannot leave some things alone. Today I went ahead and created a new template based on the default theme. It was easier than figuring out how to convert my old template into a theme. Here was my process:
- Copied the default theme directory into a new directory called mytheme
- Copied my header image into the images directory into the new theme directory and renamed it personalheader.jpg.
- Modified the header.php file to remove the comments around the statement that adds the personalheader.jpg to the css and changed the image position to bottom.
- Modified the style.css to change the h1 element to use a smaller font, remove the center text alignment, and move it lower in the box(i.e. add more padding).
- Finally I cludged a margin for h1 element by adding a to the blog title. I tried changing the css to get this effect but my changes moved the background image and not the h1 element.