Customising the look of your Page

To customise your page's appearance:

Click on Change my Theme under your name on the left sidebar. Choose a theme. You can also change the colours and fonts by scrolling down below the themes area. You can experiment without worry because if it gets mucked up, you can just click on Apply SEL Canada's theme and it will revert to the original.

To remove the SEL Canada header:

Click on Change my Theme under your name on the left sidebar.
Click on the Advanced tab

You'll then going to paste in the following snippet of CSS instruction:


#xg_masthead img {
display: none;
}

Click on Save and check out your new page

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To use your own header image:
Copy the following CSS snippet to NotePad, Wordpad or equivalent on your computer (it's best not to use Word or other word processor though it probably wouldn't hurt in this instance.)


#xg_masthead img {
display: none;
}

#xg_masthead {
background-image: url('');
height: px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center top;
}

• Click on the Photos tab and follow the instructions to upload an image from your computer
  

• It's best to use an image that is approximately 200 pixels x 955 pixels

• After it has uploaded, click on the image to bring it up in a separate window so that it's full size.

• Right click in Windows (or Control/Click on a Mac) and click on "Properties."

• Copy the url (that's the 'address' of the image on the net)

• Paste this url in between the single quotation marks on this line of the CSS snippet that says:

         background-image: url ('');

• Add the height of the image in pixels on the line below the url line. (for example, height: 195px); you can find the dimensions of the image in Properties or by holding your mouse over the image on your computer.

• Copy and Paste the snippet into your Advanced CSS text box (see above for how to get there).

• Hit Save and hold your breath till you see what happened.

Don't be discouraged if it doesn't look right at first. These things often have to be 'played with' though you may not feel as though it's much fun. If you can't get it to work, please feel free to send me a note and I'll try to help.

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Changing the position and colour of the "tag line" A Place to Explore Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in Canada (coming soon)

~ Nancy