Center or right align header image and title on Blogger

If you uploaded your header image via Page Elements, Blogger will automatically align it to the left. There are no options for middle and right alignment. So then, it possible to align the image in at the center or to the right of the header?

Yes it is possible -using CSS (Cascading style sheet). But to define a HTML element in CSS you must first know the element ID or class name. After some checking I found out that “header-inner”  is the ID for the content of header widget. So what’s next?

You need to check the image placement method you chose when you uploaded the header image to Blogger in the first place. Different method handled the image differently, thus requiring different codes for alignment.

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Once header image placement is known, it’s time to add in the code snippet.

  1. Go to Dashboard > Template > Edit HTML.
  2. Look for ]]></b:skin> line in your HTML code and add the appropriate CSS code snippet right before it.

Update: Now, instead of the steps above, there is an easier and safer way of adding CSS snippet in your template (opens in a new tab/window). Check it out!

Below are a list of CSS code snippets for you to choose from. Copy and paste them as explained above.

1. If you selected “Behind title and description” option

When you chose this option, Blogger added the banner image as a background to the header. To align it you need to reposition the background image by adding one of these CSS snippets:
(These snippets will not move the header title and description. For header title and description, see Aligning header texts).

  • To center
    #header-inner {background-position: center !important; width: 100% !important;}
  • To align right
    #header-inner {background-position: right !important; width: 100% !important;}

2. If you selected “Instead of title and description” or “Have description placed after the image” option

With this option, the image was added as a <img> HTML element. Use these snippets are to align the element:

  • To center
    #header-inner img {margin: 0 auto !important;}
    #header-inner {text-align:center !important;} /*include this line if you are using Template Designer*/

    Use only the first line for normal Layout template. Use both lines if you are using Template Designer.

  • To align right
    #header-inner img {margin: 0 auto 0 300px;}

    You need to adjust the left margin (300px in this example) to “push” the image to the right.

  • To align vertically

    To align the the image vertically, apply top padding to push it down, like this:

    #header-inner img {padding-top: 50px ;}

    Adjust the value until you get the desired position.

For option 1 and 2 to work, your header image width (plus margin and padding if any) must be equal or less than the container (such as header-wrapper, outer-wrapper etc.) width.

3. Aligning header texts (title and description)

The snippets below are for aligning header title and description. They will work with both text-only header and the text in “Behind title and description” image placement option.

  • To center
    #header-inner {text-align: center ;}
  • To align right
    #header-inner {text-align: right ;}
  • To align vertically

    Apply top padding:

    .titlewrapper {padding-top: 50px  !important;}

    Adjust the value until you get the desired position. For the description, use .descriptionwrapper.

4. Placing image and texts side by side

Use one of these if you want split the header into two parts -an image and a text parts, positioned side by side. These snippets are only applicable to “Behind title and description” image placement option.

  • To place image on the left and texts on the right
    #header-inner {background-position: left !important; width: 100% !important;}
    .titlewrapper, .descriptionwrapper {padding-left: 100px !important;}

    Increase left padding to push away texts to the right the header image.

  • To place image on the right and texts on the left
    #header-inner {background-position: right !important; width: 100% !important;}
    .titlewrapper, .descriptionwrapper {padding-right: 100px !important;}

    Increase right padding to push away texts to the left of header image.

Enjoy!

358 comments to "Center or right align header image and title on Blogger"

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PA Systems July 31, 2009 at 12:30 AM    

Where do you put the header alignmment codes? I can not find the specific text in the code that looks similar to the codes you place up here.

Greenlava July 31, 2009 at 2:03 AM    

You add the codes just before
]]>< /b:skin > line in your template HTML.
BTW your blog header is located in the sidebar. If you use the code above the title won't center accross the blog, it will only center within the sidebar.
If you want to center it accross the blog you need to add a header-wrapper.

Program Sukarelawan Teknologi (PROSTEC) September 14, 2009 at 8:04 AM    

how to do it if in my case?

Greenlava September 15, 2009 at 12:59 AM    

PROSTEC,
The horizontal alignment looks okay to me.
Or are you talking about the blog title and description overlapping the logo?
To put them on top of the logo just add:
height: 600px !important;
inside #header-inner { }

Unknown October 4, 2009 at 1:35 AM    

Thanks

Greenlava October 4, 2009 at 9:12 PM    

You're welcome zulica.

Program Sukarelawan Teknologi (PROSTEC) October 6, 2009 at 12:32 PM    

thanks greenlava..
how to about resize my logo to make it smaller?
how to do it?

Greenlava October 6, 2009 at 3:00 PM    

Program Sukarelawan Teknologi (PROSTEC),
Welcome back.
You can define the size of your header logo by adding width and height properties inside the #header-inner img, for example like this:
#header-inner img {margin: 0 auto; width:300px; height:300px;}

Program Sukarelawan Teknologi (PROSTEC) October 6, 2009 at 5:36 PM    

hey..
thanks greenlava..
it really helps..

awesome blog!

Paul Arthur October 21, 2009 at 6:12 PM    

how about for example if it is centered and then it moves off center in the post comment page ex:http://www.paularthurmusic.com/2009/10/u2-to-stream-concert-live-on-youtube.html

paularthurmusic@gmail.com

Greenlava October 21, 2009 at 7:03 PM    

Hey Paul,
I just answered your question in Blogger help forum.

Kevin McKeever October 24, 2009 at 6:33 AM    

I have a stretch demin template I reconfig to 3 columns and I have never been able to center the hedder image, this way or else. Any help?

Greenlava October 24, 2009 at 3:58 PM    

Always Home and Uncool,
I see you've settled the problem. Thanks for dropping by.

Kevin McKeever October 24, 2009 at 8:51 PM    

Yeah, after all this time, I figured it out right after I left you a note. Sorry for the bother.

Mom with a Mission November 9, 2009 at 8:51 AM    

I reconfigured to a 3 column format and can't get the header centered. I added the "aligning header text" code that you recommended, but it didn't make a difference. I'm a novice and can't figure this one out. Blog is www.peanutclinicaltrial.blogspot.com. I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks.

Greenlava November 9, 2009 at 9:07 AM    

Mom with a Mission,
The header description is centered allright, but it's container is narrower than the header and is left aligned. To fix it, find this:

#header .description {
margin:0 5px 5px;
padding:0 20px 15px;
max-width:700px;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:.2em;
line-height: 1.4em;
font: normal normal 78% 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Arial, Verdana, Sans-serif;
color: #a9501b;
}

and change max-width to 100%.

Mom with a Mission November 9, 2009 at 9:21 AM    

Thanks so much. That worked!

quality web hosting November 10, 2009 at 8:44 PM    

How do i html a header image/text, if i want it in the center but aligned to the left of an image below?

Greenlava November 10, 2009 at 9:36 PM    

quality web hosting,
Sorry, this tutorial is only applicable to Blogger blogs. Yours is Wordpress.

Unknown November 12, 2009 at 4:58 AM    

Thanks a million that helped

Branka Marinkovic November 15, 2009 at 1:26 AM    

Thank you, this did the trick!

Greenlava November 15, 2009 at 10:01 AM    

Akshe, Branka Marinkovic-Forte,
My pleasure.

Charlotte November 25, 2009 at 12:49 PM    

Thanks so much! It was driving me crazy that I could not center my image, but the code your provided worked like a charm! :) Many thanks!

Greenlava November 25, 2009 at 1:12 PM    

My pleasure Charlotte :)

Sandy December 12, 2009 at 5:02 PM    

I have a Sand Dollar (I think) stretch template. I tried to use the codes you gave to center my image (it's currently to the left along with the title) as noted in 1. Nothing happened. My blog: teacuplane-sandy@blogspot.com
I'm new to blogging and would like to have my banner header image centered on my blog. What am I doing wrong? Hope you can help.

Greenlava December 14, 2009 at 12:13 AM    

Sandy,
Are you sure you've added this?
#header-inner {background-position: center !important; width: 100% !important;}
I can't find it in your template code.

Shan December 16, 2009 at 1:39 AM    

How can I align the text vertically?

Greenlava December 16, 2009 at 5:27 PM    

Shan,
Use padding-top to push down the text.
For the title:
.titlewrapper {padding-top: 50px;}
for the description:
.descriptionwrapper {padding-top: 50px;}

replace 50px with the desired value.

Ginger January 15, 2010 at 12:33 PM    

Worked perfectly - thank you very much!

Greenlava January 15, 2010 at 2:35 PM    

@Ginger
My pleasure

Anonymous,  January 18, 2010 at 9:53 PM    

I hve dots dark how to center the title header.My blog http://barvatiasecurities.blogspot.com

Greenlava January 18, 2010 at 10:59 PM    

@Asifraza
Dots dark's header is located in the sidebar. Others settings such as paddings, margins and background images positioning are configured based on it being positioned on the left.
I would not encourage you to reposition it to the center because it's easier to just change the template.
But if you want to go ahead with the repositioning, then
1. Go to Layout>Edit HTML and find this code:
b:widget id='Header1' locked='true' title=' Barvatia Securities (Header)' type='Header'/

change locked='true' to locked='false' to unlock the widget. Save

2. Go to Layout>Page Elements. Now you can drag the header widget and drop it into Add A Gadget under Navbar.

Save and view your blog.

Anonymous,  January 18, 2010 at 11:25 PM    

Thnx really apprecieated the reason i want to centerd it because i want to add the menu bar which won't look good if the title is in the side.

Anonymous,  January 18, 2010 at 11:33 PM    

Thnx.Really Apprecieated.

Linn Marie Hansen January 19, 2010 at 2:39 AM    

I didn't know where else to put this, but i was wondering if you knew how to make the title of the blogpost look like this? http://lostmyhead.org/ With a long underline and moving the text either to the middle or to the right like on that page.

Greenlava January 19, 2010 at 5:18 PM    

@Linn Marie Hansen
Welcome back :)
The blog uses an image but you can do it with text too.
Usually you can adjust header font-size (and color) by going to Layout>Font and Colors. If your header font-settings are not there or you want to override the settings, then use the full code below. The underline is simply a bottom border.
Try this code in your CSS:
#header h1 {font-size:60px !important; color:#000000 !important; border-bottom:15px solid #eeeeee !important;}

Linn Marie Hansen January 20, 2010 at 3:58 AM    

Greenlava: I tried your code but nothing happend :S Don't know if there's something i did wrong or anything like that. It just ends up looking like this, with both the sidebar and mainbar having huge text :/ http://asoldesign.blogspot.com/

Greenlava January 20, 2010 at 8:08 PM    

@Linn Marie Hansen
To see the changes in header, you need to remove your header image or use "Behind title and description" option.
As for sidebar text, look here:
h2 {
margin:1.5em 0 .75em;
font: ;
line-height: 1.4em;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:.2em;
color:#999999;
}
see the 3rd line -font? The original Minima template value here is $headerfont (as in font:$headerfont;). With this value you can set the font in Layout>Font and Colors>Sidebar Title Font.

Linn Marie Hansen January 21, 2010 at 3:24 AM    

Ok, thanks :P I'll try and see what I can do :P

Manuel Alejandro January 23, 2010 at 7:23 AM    

Thanks!!

I needed Help, Thanks

livefromthebabycave January 27, 2010 at 1:27 AM    

Help....I want to center and put a line break in my Blog Title......I can't get this to work

Greenlava January 27, 2010 at 9:46 AM    

@livefromthebabycave
But you have an image for the header, not text.

Unknown February 2, 2010 at 7:17 PM    

I have completely confused myself! haha, I tried to center my header image with the code "#header-inner img {margin: 0 auto;}" but it has stayed left! I've read through everything else but my mind keeps shutting down from overload.

A little help?? :)

xx

Unknown February 2, 2010 at 7:21 PM    

Actually it's all the way right, I just tried " #header-inner img {margin: 0 auto 0 300px;}
" and the rest of the blog looked more centred, but the image skewed way off right xx

Greenlava February 2, 2010 at 11:07 PM    

@AmourAndPsyche
Your image is wider than your header that's why you could not center it. I suggest you reduce the image size to match the header, this way:
#header-inner img {
width:100%;
height:auto;
}

Unknown February 3, 2010 at 1:17 AM    

Perfectly solved!

thanks darling

xxxx

tania,  February 4, 2010 at 11:12 AM    

thanks so much!

M-J Archibald February 6, 2010 at 5:08 AM    

Hi, I've been sitting here for ages trying to put a space around my image in my header (so there's a gap before the border line)! I've gotten one at the bottom (no idea how) but I'd like a small white space to match it at the left and top margins.

Help would be most welcome and appreciated!!

MJ

M-J Archibald February 6, 2010 at 5:47 AM    

Hi, just sent you a question re a white border around an image in my header, still relevant, but what if I wanted to remove the white space at the bottom of the image so that the line of the top border matched the bottom?

Sorry to be a pain!

Also, I've been able to change all the other colours of my fonts etc, but the Blog Title will not change!! What am I doing wrong??

Great site BTW, will add to my blog.

mjarchibald.blogspot.com

Greenlava February 6, 2010 at 6:48 PM    

@M-J Archibald
I guess you've come up with a solution. Anyway thanks for the link :)

M-J Archibald February 6, 2010 at 7:20 PM    

I did thank you - created it in Photoshop! Great to find this site though, good stuff.

Skye February 27, 2010 at 4:37 AM    

Thank you! I wish I had come here before wasting my morning trying to figure it out on my own.

diva42 March 11, 2010 at 5:22 PM    

TYSM I had lost my ability to edit the header it was there as an image but no edit option appeared in customize it only said add gadget, so I ended up creating another blog and recoding a new one but I saved the 1st one and it worked number 2 was the one I needed as my header was all the way to the left I bookmarked nad shared in the forums and delicious have a great day.

Debbie March 17, 2010 at 12:37 PM    

It worked perfectly! Thank you.

tracyscott photography April 14, 2010 at 11:46 PM    

I am not able to get the header text to center.. any suggestions ?

However, I WAS able to get the picture to center.. and I thank you for that !! :)

Greenlava April 15, 2010 at 12:48 AM    

@tracyscott photography
Sorry but I don't see any header text in your blog.

PumpkinButtKitty April 15, 2010 at 2:20 AM    

I am new to blogging and I appreciate you making things so easy to understand! Take care and have a great day!
Laura

Greenlava April 15, 2010 at 8:23 AM    

@PumpkinButtKitty
Thank you. Do use the All Posts tab to find more useful tutorials.

Amy April 19, 2010 at 11:44 PM    

Thank you, thank you! I thought I figured this out last night, but this morning when I looked, everything on my page had been centered. I tried searching for the answer again and found your answer. It worked! Yippee!

Jean Eno April 20, 2010 at 2:34 AM    

HI- you don't mention where the code for aligning header texts should be inserted (like you do for aligning header images)

Jean Eno April 20, 2010 at 2:45 AM    

Hi again,
I actually took a stab at it and placed the text-align code right before the code for centering my image. Seems to have worked fine. However, I'm incurring a problem that I think requires "expert" help: my header image shows up only during the initial page element loading, or when I use 'preview' after modifying the html. It then goes MIA after changes have been saved. I think I read something about "padding" issues, but I have no idea how to make changes. Can you help with this, or recommend an accurate search query? Thanks!!

Greenlava April 20, 2010 at 10:21 AM    

@Amy
You're welcome

@birdgirl can cook
All three blogs look okay from here.

Trent Moore April 20, 2010 at 12:21 PM    

Many thanks. This was driving me crazy, and I never would have solved it without these very clear instructions. Thanks for making me looking smarter than I am!

Greenlava April 20, 2010 at 10:42 PM    

@Trent Moore
You've got it to work. That's smart in my book :)

Kell@FamilyCapers April 27, 2010 at 3:34 AM    

Thankyou so very much!
You have made my day!

Greenlava April 27, 2010 at 1:31 PM    

@Kell@FamilyCapers
My pleasure

Anonymous,  May 4, 2010 at 5:25 AM    

Thanks a lot! This has been a breeze! Clear, concise directions - very easy to follow!

Anjali May 6, 2010 at 4:59 AM    

you are great! thanks!

Greenlava May 6, 2010 at 9:12 AM    

@Anonymous
You're welcome, whoever you are.

@Anjali
My pleasure...do come back :)

Don Reynolds May 13, 2010 at 7:22 AM    

You just solved in less than 2 minutes what has taken me 5 days to find. I looked everywhere. Blogger.com weren't worth much for help, but you were!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Greenlava May 13, 2010 at 3:43 PM    

@Don Reynolds
You're welcome! You're welcome! You're welcome! :)

Anonymous,  May 16, 2010 at 8:50 AM    

absolutely fabulous!
thanks a million billion
katie X

torrie May 17, 2010 at 7:35 AM    

Hi,
Are you available to answer a quick question right now?

torrie May 17, 2010 at 8:11 AM    

Never mind! Just fixed it!!

Jim Shannon May 19, 2010 at 4:32 PM    

Just got this moments ago. Solid stuff, thanks

Greenlava May 19, 2010 at 8:48 PM    

@-
You'te welcome.

Rachael @ CleverCheshireCats May 27, 2010 at 5:19 AM    

Hello, I'm still trying to center my image on my blog. I've just switched to the new draft mode in blogger and wonder if that's why I can't get anything to work. If you can help, I'd be very grateful. http://clevercheshirecats.blogspot.com/

Greenlava May 27, 2010 at 11:14 AM    

@CleverCheshireCats
Welcome to Blogger Sentral
The code you added:
.Header {
1 #header-inner img {margin: 0 auto}}
(you should've click the <> icon to copy the code)

replace it with this:
#header-inner img {margin: 0 auto}

Rachael @ CleverCheshireCats May 28, 2010 at 8:03 PM    

Hi Greenlava,

I've replaced the code but it's still to the left :(

Greenlava May 28, 2010 at 8:10 PM    

@CleverCheshireCats
There is still a leftover..
.Header { <<< Need to remove this too
#header-inner img {margin: 0 auto}

Rachael @ CleverCheshireCats May 29, 2010 at 7:03 PM    

Yay! Thank you so much, you are wonderful! :)

Billie June 7, 2010 at 10:08 AM    

I'm trying to center my blog title. I can't seem to figure out how to do it. Would you please help me?

Greenlava June 7, 2010 at 3:23 PM    

@Billie
You mean for the second blog?
1.Go to Dashboard > Layout > Edit HTML.
2. Look for ]]> and add this code right before that:
#header-inner {text-align: center ;}

ab June 9, 2010 at 3:42 AM    

Thank you so much - It work perfectly - you clever people . my header looks so pretty now
http://getfitandgorgeous.blogspot.com

Becca June 10, 2010 at 12:26 AM    

I have spent hours trying to figure out how to center my header and this fixed it right away! Thanks!!

Nancy June 13, 2010 at 12:43 AM    

I want to reduce the space between the post and header on this static page. http://www.shematters.me/p/our-team.html

Can I do that? None of my other pages have this problem.

Greenlava June 13, 2010 at 1:30 AM    

@Nancy
The space is caused by line breaks just before the thumbnails.
To fix it, go edit the page, switch to HTML mode and find this code:
[/style][ br /]
[a href="http://www.shematters.me/p/our-team.html" name="Top"][/a][br /]
[span style="font-size: xx-small;"][/span][br /]

just delete the [br/] tags and the extra space should be gone.

sheara121 June 13, 2010 at 8:58 PM    

hi. i'd like to put some padding above my title, and i've tried the tittlewrapper padding top code as shown above, even messing with the pixel numbers, but nothing seems to be working. it just stays the same. i've been adding the code in advanced add css area. is this correct? please help, this is driving me nuts!

Greenlava June 14, 2010 at 1:33 AM    

@sheara121
Apparently for Designer template, Blogger applies another CSS code overriding yours.
To make it "stick", add !important, like this:
.titlewrapper {padding-top: 50px !important;}

sheara121 June 14, 2010 at 9:41 AM    

Thank you!! Thank you thank you! Very much appreciated!

Anonymous,  June 14, 2010 at 4:14 PM    

i cant find the code ! help me ! :(

Erin June 14, 2010 at 4:49 PM    

Thanks so much =)

Greenlava June 14, 2010 at 8:52 PM    

@Baby Boo
Once in Design>Edit HTML, press Ctrl+F, type /b:skin in the search box and hit enter.

@Nireee
You're welcome, and happy blogging.

Nancy June 15, 2010 at 7:34 AM    

Thanks, but I don't have any [br /]s on my page. I did a CRT-F search and couldn't find any. ??

Greenlava June 15, 2010 at 3:57 PM    

@Nancy
Replace [ with < and ] with >.

Ms. Meanie June 23, 2010 at 3:41 AM    

Hi, I tried inserting the code and it doesn't work for me. Could you please take a look at my site. Thank you for your help.

http://chocolatechiptrips.blogspot.com/

Greenlava June 23, 2010 at 2:16 PM    

@MsMeanie
It looks good now.

MediaMan,  June 24, 2010 at 2:40 AM    

Worked out really well. Thanks!

Maya Ariffin June 25, 2010 at 12:02 PM    

This is great. IT works out well for my blog. Tqvm.

Greenlava June 25, 2010 at 2:25 PM    

@MediaMan
@Maya Ariffin
You're welcome and thanks for stopping by.

Irma@CosasBellas June 29, 2010 at 1:13 PM    

OMG this really worked, thank you so much!
I had spent hours trying to figure this out
and Blogger Help didn't give me any answers.
You are awesome!

Greenlava June 29, 2010 at 9:59 PM    

@Irma
Make sure you subscribe, follow, bookmark or something :), so the next time you want to figure something out, just come here direct.

stephanie,  July 1, 2010 at 1:13 PM    

Hi, trying to use the info to split the header with a text and image. I have played around with the HTML and the image size and text size. The image and text keep overlapping. Can you please help by taking a look?
http://pomeroyphoto.blogspot.com/

Greenlava July 1, 2010 at 9:17 PM    

@stephanie
The text and image overlap because the header is not wide enough to split them apart (due to margin application).
Anyway adding the code below will fix that:
.header-inner .section {margin: 0 15px;}
you also want to increase the right padding of titlewrapper/descriptionwrapper, say to 400px.

Lennon July 10, 2010 at 7:08 AM    

please look at jacinto-prueba.blogspot.com
This is the code I put, but there is an above space imposible to remove, after I was confortable with the design.

.Header {
text-align: center;
}
#header-inner { background-position: left !important; width: 60% !important; }
.titlewrapper , .descriptionwrapper {padding-left: 150px !important;}
.titlewrapper {padding-top: 150px !important;}

Thank you, Jacinto

Greenlava July 10, 2010 at 8:46 AM    

@jacinto
Replace that with this one
.Header {text-align: center;}
#header-inner {background-position: left top !important;width: 60% !important;}
.titlewrapper , .descriptionwrapper {padding-left: 150px !important;}
.titlewrapper {padding-top: 50px !important;}

and if you want to center the whole thing, just add margin:0 auto; in #header-wrapper.

Gabry,  July 11, 2010 at 6:21 PM    

Hi

I used your detail above to move the image on my (unpublished as yet) blog to the right, which was so great. Thank you!! But what I would like to do now, is stretch the image so it's behind the blog name as well. Is that possible?? It's a great image but the subject is actually to the right and to the left is just a block of colour which I think will look fab behind the text so want to stretch the image to get that affect.

Thanks in advance :-)

Greenlava July 11, 2010 at 9:15 PM    

@Gabry
At present there is not possible to stretch a background image. You have to do it offline, then reupload your image.

Anonymous,  July 12, 2010 at 3:21 AM    

Thanks for the info.. You made my day..

Valerie July 14, 2010 at 7:58 AM    

Thanks so much! Worked like a charm.

Erin July 17, 2010 at 3:00 AM    

Hi! I used your tutorial on how to center my blog header image, and that worked fine, but my header image is way too close to the little line border that the template places below the header. Is there an easy way to fix that? Thanks in advance for any advice!

Amy July 17, 2010 at 3:07 AM    

Ah! I've been looking up everywhere how to do this! Thank you very much!

Th3 F@sh!0n M@v3n July 17, 2010 at 11:07 AM    

i am not using an image, so i just have a header text. I used your method to center it and it worked.... however on my main page it said #header-inner {text-align: center;} Th3 F@sh!0n M@v3n, how do i get rid of the "#header-inner {text-align: center;}" part? Thanks in advance! oh and my blog is http://thefashionmavn.blogspot.com/

Greenlava July 17, 2010 at 1:46 PM    

@imntjack
@Valerie
@Amy
You're welcome, and thanks for stopping by :)

Greenlava July 17, 2010 at 1:52 PM    

@Erin
Use this code instead:
#header-inner img {margin: 0 auto 10px;}
10px --> bottom margin

@Th3 F@sh!0n M@v3n
Looks good now, you fixed it?

Erin July 17, 2010 at 3:16 PM    

Thanks so much! That looks much better now!

Kathryn July 21, 2010 at 2:00 PM    

Thanks!!!!!

homeschool bits July 22, 2010 at 2:17 AM    

I see this question has been asked a million times, but I tried every code change that was mentioned here and the image on my header keeps moving back to left. The page loads right, and then just moves to the left. Any help would be greatly appreciated. http://homeschoolbits.blogspot.com/

Greenlava July 22, 2010 at 9:47 AM    

@homeschool bits
I see you've figured it out :)

homeschool bits July 22, 2010 at 10:50 PM    

Actually, I didn't figure it out. :o\ I can view my blog from other browsers and it's fine. But, when I view it with IE (8) the header image scoots over to the left once the page is completely loaded. Does this mean that everyone that uses IE will see the image on the left side? I'm really confused & something so small is bugging the heck out of me!!! Amazing how that works, lol. I chose you guys to bug about this because it seems to be the most helpful place I found. :)

Greenlava July 23, 2010 at 12:49 AM    

@homeschool bits
Try adding this:
#header-inner {text-align: center;}

homeschool bits July 23, 2010 at 1:37 AM    

It worked!!! Not sure why it would be considered 'text' but oh well. Your awesome... thanks so much!!!

Greenlava July 23, 2010 at 2:05 AM    

@homeschool bits
IE works (or not) in mysterious ways :)

Brianna July 26, 2010 at 8:09 AM    
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Greenlava July 26, 2010 at 4:13 PM    

@Bri
My pleasure...do come again.

Charlotte Teek August 16, 2010 at 11:39 AM    

thank you so much!

Barbara-Jean Askew August 18, 2010 at 1:04 PM    

Ok, your instructions seem simple enough, although I have tried everything and my header is still off to the left. I am currently using the "watermark" template and have a custom background and header added on. Any suggestions would be greatful!
http://curtisbarbieandholden.blogspot.com/

Greenlava August 18, 2010 at 3:41 PM    

@Barbara-Jean
I see you've added this in your template:
.header-inner .Header .titlewrapper,
.header-inner .Header .descriptionwrapper {
padding-left: 20px;
padding-right: 20px;
margin: 15px;
#header-inner {text-align: center;}

you want to replace that with this code (as stated in step 2):
#header-inner img {margin: 0 auto !important;}
#header-inner {text-align:center !important;}

Barbara-Jean Askew August 19, 2010 at 12:06 AM    

Sweet!! That worked! Thank you so much!

Abigail's Place August 25, 2010 at 7:15 AM    

Hi

Could you please help me im new to blogging and am having trouble on making the text in my header central. I also want my posts to be in the centre too please. Im not very good at adjusting the HTML's so any help would be great.
http://abigailsplace8.blogspot.com/

Greenlava August 25, 2010 at 1:56 PM    

@Abigail's Place
Paste this code in Template Designer's custom CSS editor:
#header-inner, .post {text-align: center ;}
Follow this instruction

Abigail's Place August 26, 2010 at 2:33 AM    

Thanks so much! Was very easy!

Anonymous,  August 27, 2010 at 2:11 PM    

This didnt work on my blog. I have tried over and over to followe the instructions.
my b skin line is lacking ]] could that have anything to do with it?

Greenlava August 27, 2010 at 2:41 PM    

@Anonymous
Try harder.
Okay search for this exact phrase (with the slash) /b:skin

escapade September 1, 2010 at 11:06 AM    

Hi Greenlava...ive gotta say you have a big heart, for a year since you wrote this post you have replied to every comment within 6hrs...wow!
I feel like an idiot asking you the same question as everyone else but I have tried copying and posting the code but my header image remains on the left, can you help?
alifemorefabulous.blogspot.com

Greenlava September 1, 2010 at 5:50 PM    

@escapade
Paste this code in the custom CSS editor:
#header-inner img {margin: 0 auto !important;}
#header-inner {text-align:center !important;}

escapade September 2, 2010 at 11:25 AM    

Thanks a million!! it worked perfectly!

blogarica September 4, 2010 at 6:04 AM    

what about me??I'm new at this and I really can't understand how to center the title of my blog.I would appreciate your help.This is my url:http://blogarica-lalalalalalala.blogspot.com/

Greenlava September 4, 2010 at 10:38 AM    

@blogarica
Tou center align your title text, use this code:
#header-inner {text-align: center ;}

Sandy September 16, 2010 at 5:31 AM    

I finally found your reply email to my question back in Dec. 2009 regarding centering my header on my blog. I added the code you suggested but it didn't work above the "skin" section so I added it in the "body header" section and it appears to be working now. Thanks for your help!

Thức September 17, 2010 at 1:43 PM    

Thnak you. I just moved title to right side ....
good tutorial

Unknown September 19, 2010 at 1:10 PM    

So glad I found this! Totally worked for me! :)

明 September 24, 2010 at 8:39 AM    

thanks alot!!

GigiSehatBadanSehat September 24, 2010 at 2:28 PM    

thnksssssss
i really need this. just did it for my header and it works!!

Greenlava September 24, 2010 at 3:01 PM    

@Sandy at Teacup Lane
@Thức
@Lisa @ Stop and Smell the Chocolates
@明
@GigiSehatBadanSehat

You're welcome!
Thanks for taking the time to comment.

Michael Venables October 1, 2010 at 6:34 AM    

Can you help me reposition my Blogger header image? I'm thinking of either having the text at the bottom or possibly running across the white space above the shield in the graphic.

michaelvenables.com

Thank you!

Michael Venables October 1, 2010 at 7:33 AM    

Can you also tell me what the ideal image is for the Simple template on Blogger. I centered the image all right, but it's a little big. What do you think? Your blog is very professional and offers the very best solutions to this issue that I've seen across the web. Thank you!

Greenlava October 1, 2010 at 10:13 AM    

@Michael Venables
Thank you for the compliment.
I agree the image is a little too tall. With this header image, when readers land on your blog all they see is the header, nothing else.
You would want to choose a shorter image, so that they can see at least a portion of the first/latest post, without scrolling down.

Michael Venables October 1, 2010 at 10:25 AM    

That makes sense--can you suggest the pixel dimensions? I can't find the section in the code that indicates the width and height of the header.

Greenlava October 1, 2010 at 10:54 AM    

@Michael Venables
Your header width is 930px. I would suggest a height of not more than 350px.

Michael Venables October 2, 2010 at 6:49 AM    

Where in the code should I put in the header width and height specs please?

Greenlava October 3, 2010 at 12:23 AM    

@Michael Venables
Just shrink your header image (offline) to 350px high and the reupload.

Michael Venables October 3, 2010 at 8:45 AM    

Greenlava, you ROCK! Your HTML code is spot on. Best site I've seen yet. Thank you for your professionalism!

Kalyn October 14, 2010 at 5:25 AM    

i need help with my header! i want to align it on the right (bottom right) if possible...

Greenlava October 14, 2010 at 9:16 AM    

@Kalyn
Looks like you've found a way to align it.

Morgan October 15, 2010 at 5:13 AM    

Testing...sorry, I just tried to post a question and I don't see it.

Greenlava October 15, 2010 at 6:47 AM    

@Morgan
Comments are moderated as such they wont appear right away.

Anonymous,  October 17, 2010 at 10:21 AM    

omg this helped me so much!! thank you ;o)

dayah SnoW Heuka October 18, 2010 at 2:06 PM    

wow.. its work.. thnks :D for share it..

Greenlava October 18, 2010 at 6:33 PM    

@Motivated Mom WV
@dayah SnoW Heuka
You're welcome...and thanks for the comments.

ellie,  October 23, 2010 at 11:56 AM    

you are amazing. THANK YOU!!!

Gearmaster October 24, 2010 at 4:37 PM    

hi Greenlava,

first of all thanks for the wonderful tips and tricks for the blog i've been using some.. they are awesome!!! but for now i need your expertise for this “Instead of title and description”, i can't align my image title vertically, seems like the code is not working... i can't pinpoint whats wrong... pls help... thanks in advance... [http://www.1000freepspgames.com] -gearmaster

Greenlava October 24, 2010 at 5:13 PM    

@Gearmaster
At the end of your CSS you have this:
body#layout #container-bottom{width:740px; margin:0 auto; padding-top:15px; body#layout .container-top{width:740px; margin:0 auto; padding-top:15px}

Notice anything wrong with that? There is a missing closing curly bracket somewhere.
It should be like this:
body#layout #container-bottom{width:740px; margin:0 auto; padding-top:15px;}
body#layout .container-top{width:740px; margin:0 auto; padding-top:15px}

Once you fix that, you can re-add the vertical alignment code. It will work.

Gearmaster October 25, 2010 at 5:07 AM    

hi Greenlava,

I don`t know what to say... but for now... many many thanks, it worked!!! try visiting again my site just to see it. you are a big help for me... especially being new to this kind of stuffs! more power Green!!!

-gearmaster-

Wild Mountain Thyme Pottery October 25, 2010 at 5:19 AM    

Great discussion on centering blog title. the html is towards the bottom of the page and the language set begins with a . rather than a #. Good Stuff - Thanks

Gys Photography October 25, 2010 at 8:12 PM    

maybe you want to correct that you have to erase the "header" code, erase it first then put yours, also it's not right before it's way before where "header inner" is (almost on top of the html) at least for the new template designer.

Greenlava October 26, 2010 at 12:41 PM    

@Gys Photography
You don't have to erase the existing code for this to work.
If you position a new CSS rule after the existing one (this tutorial positions it at the end of CSS section to make sure of that), the new rule will simply override the original one.

Michael October 26, 2010 at 1:18 PM    

I am happy being here. I've got a lot of help.
Thank you, guys !

Unknown November 7, 2010 at 5:34 AM    

thanks for this, it worked with my blog! :)

www.thecreativemuslimah.blogspot.com

Garn November 9, 2010 at 3:42 PM    

Help. I have tried most of the above, but nothing is helping. My page bar and my title image are getting cut off. The layout of the body and the side bar seem to be messed up. HELP!!

awalkwithouranggel.blogspot.com

Greenlava November 9, 2010 at 4:53 PM    

@Garn
This is the culprit:
[style]
.widget {position:relative; width:400px; min-height:100px; margin:20px 0 0; border:solid 2px #DADEE1; overflow:hidden;}.cell {float:left; background-color:#ffffff; border:solid 1px #ffffff;} .photo_container {position:absolute; left:0px; top:0px; overflow:hidden;} .photo {position:absolute; left:0px; top:0px;} .links{width:400px; text-align:center;}
[/style]

in "Alea's First Photo Shoot" post. The ".widget" selector applies the style to all widgets, including those inside the header and in the sidebar.

Garn November 10, 2010 at 12:35 AM    

Is there a way to have that gadget just apply to that post?

Greenlava November 10, 2010 at 10:11 PM    

@Garn
I thought you put the CSS code by mistake.
I understand now, the code is for the images right? Okay here's what you do:
1. Put the code back.
2. Replace the class name "widget" with some other name -at both places (in CSS code above and in [div class="widget"]).

business.wales.gov.uk November 24, 2010 at 9:38 PM    

Hi

I have used your code to align the image left and text to the right.

I have also reduced the spacing between the title and description.

I would like to move both the title and description down a bit (to centre it vertically).

If I add
.titlewrapper {padding-top: 20px !important;}
it also affects the image on the left....

Any help would be appreciated.
businesswales.blogspot.com

Greenlava November 25, 2010 at 12:00 AM    

@business.wales.gov.uk
The image auto-adjusted itself to stay in the vertical center, that's why it moved when you apply the padding.
To stop it from moving, replace this:
#header-inner {background-position: left !important; width: 100% !important;}

with this:
#header-inner {background-position: left top !important; width: 100% !important;}

after that you can readjust the titlewrapper and descriptionwrapper padding/margin.

business.wales.gov.uk November 25, 2010 at 7:29 PM    

@Greenlava
Excellent work, thank you very much....

Now can you tell me how I can reduce the space below the description text?

I have tried adding padding-bottom and margin-bottom to both the titlewrapper and descriptionwrapper but to no avail!

.titlewrapper {padding-top: 10px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; margin-bottom; 0px !important;}
.descriptionwrapper {padding-bottom: 0px !important; margin-bottom; 0px !important;}

Any thoughts?
businesswales.blogspot.com

Greenlava November 25, 2010 at 7:43 PM    

@business.wales.gov.uk
You almost got it right, here:
.descriptionwrapper {padding-bottom: 0px !important; margin-bottom; 0px !important;}

notice anything wrong with this code?
Hint: It's the character right after "margin-bottom".

business.wales.gov.uk November 25, 2010 at 9:51 PM    

Oops!

I found this code which worked a treat to bring the title and description closer together vertically

.Header h1 {margin-bottom:0}
.Header .description {margin-top: 0;}
.header-inner .Header .titlewrapper {padding-bottom:0;}

Looks great now, thank you for all your help, now just need the content!

Greenlava November 26, 2010 at 12:27 AM    

@business.wales.gov.uk
The content...now that's the real hard part (of blogging) :)

Hopes Handcrafts December 5, 2010 at 2:16 PM    

Hi...I'm sure you've been asked this question a million times but I want to centre my text on my blog posts. At present its off to the left. Please help...my blog is http://myheartsncrafts.blogspot.com/

Thanks in advance :-)

Greenlava December 5, 2010 at 5:14 PM    

@Julze
Pick one
1. To center just the post body:
.post-body {text-align:center;}

2. To center post content + post title + post footer:
.post {text-align:center;}

3. To center post content + post title + post footer + date header:
.date-outer {text-align:center;}

Bonnie December 8, 2010 at 9:49 PM    

hi... my header image is more to the left and needs to be centered. I uploaded the image and clicked using the option replace instead of title title and description but its not centered. I tried doing what you said above but I am totally clueless and think I did everything wrong. Here is my code. Please help me...

/* Header
----------------------------------------------- */
.header-inner .Header .titlewrapper, background-position: center;
.header-inner .Header .descriptionwrapper {
padding-left: 10px;
padding-right: 10px;
}

.Header h1 {
font: $(header.font);
color: $(header.text.color);
background-position: center;
text-shadow: 2px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .1);
}

.Header h1 a {
color: $(header.text.color);
}

.Header .header-inner img { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; #header-inner img {margin: 0 auto !important;}
#header-inner {text-align:center !important;}

}

rfs December 8, 2010 at 11:03 PM    

this tip work straight out of the box. thanks greenlava!

Greenlava December 9, 2010 at 3:55 PM    

@Cute and Sassy Designs by Bonnie
There's a mistake in the code:
.Header .header-inner img { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; #header-inner img {margin: 0 auto !important;}
#header-inner {text-align:center !important;}


}

It should be like this:
.Header .header-inner img { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;}
#header-inner img {margin: 0 auto !important;}
#header-inner {text-align:center !important;}

Bonnie December 20, 2010 at 9:59 AM    

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU SAVED MY DILEMMA!!!!

Administrator December 21, 2010 at 9:53 AM    

Dude.. you rocked!

F.Y.I
I had same problem as 'Mom with a Mission' (comment #16), and tried to look for the code you mentioned to her to fix.

But my coding is different, not sure if it's because of the new templates used with BlogSpot.

But i am using a 3-column layout.

My coding looks like this:

.header-inner .Header .titlewrapper,
.header-inner .Header .descriptionwrapper {
padding-left: 0;
padding-right: 0;
margin-bottom: 0;
max-width:100px;

i added 'max-width:100px', then added both:
#header-inner img {margin: 0 auto !important;}
#header-inner {text-align:center !important;}

then it worked :)


Just in case anyone else has problems that are using my template with 3 columns.

Thanks for your help man !

Greenlava December 21, 2010 at 10:56 PM    

@Administrator
Looks like you've figured it out :)
However I notice a bit of HTML in your CSS. You may want to clean it up. I'm referring to this:
#header-inner {text-align: center ;}< b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
span.fullpost {display:inline;}
< b:else/>
span.fullpost {display:none;}
< /b:if>
#header-inner img {margin: 0 auto !important;}
#header-inner {text-align:center !important;}#header-inner img {margin: 0 auto !important;}
#header-inner {text-align:center !important;}

The code in bold doesn't belong there. You want to delete it (it won't affect your header alignment).

Leion,  December 22, 2010 at 9:53 AM    

Thanks mate it work perfectly..

Linda Ghiron MS, RD, LDN January 1, 2011 at 8:39 AM    

Hi, My blog url has 2 problems. I was able to center my blog title thanks to your help but the image below I still cannot center on the page. Can you help me. The url is feedingresources.blogspot.com

My second problem is I cannot get the link color, visited color, and hover color to work. I edited the html but it does not work on the home page only when I click on the last post. the link colors are purple and the code I put in is the following:
}
a:link {
text-decoration:none;
color: #ff6900;
}
a:visited {
text-decoration:none;
color: #af4f1f;
}
a:hover {
text-decoration:none;
color: #7faf1f;
}
Thanks for your help.
Linda

Greenlava January 1, 2011 at 11:43 AM    

@Linda Ghiron MS, RD, LDN
Problem 1 -go to Design > Template Designer > Advanced > Add CSS and add this code snippet:
#Image1 {text-align: center;}

Problem 2 -looking good from here (did you fix it?)

Anonymous,  January 1, 2011 at 6:01 PM    

THANKS ALOT!!!:)

Jim January 4, 2011 at 12:32 AM    

Thank you very much for the 'Center Header' code. It works perfectly. I greatly appreciate it.

sadia frozen January 12, 2011 at 2:28 AM    

I am having problem with the width adjustment ... i want a complete page with no right draging , but doing real bad.

secondly my header picture is having alot of space (white space) how to remove that space . i want to make that header picture space take minimum of my blog

Greenlava January 12, 2011 at 10:59 AM    

@sadia frozen
Try adding this CSS snippet to remove some of the white space:
.descriptionwrapper, .titlewrapper {margin:0 !important;padding:0 30px !important;}

I don't understand your first question.

Joyful Mama January 12, 2011 at 12:24 PM    

PLEASE HELP!!! I can not seem to get my blog title to go to the bottom of my header image??

Greenlava January 12, 2011 at 3:22 PM    

@Joyful Mama
Find this code(you added this):
.titlewrapper {padding-top: 150px !important;

and replace it with this:
}
#header-inner {height:420px;}
.header-inner .Header .titlewrapper {padding: 180px 30px 0 !important;}

(the closing curly bracket on top is not a typo, make sure you include that too)

Joyful Mama January 12, 2011 at 8:22 PM    

WOW!!!! It worked, your magic!!!! :)

Unknown January 15, 2011 at 12:50 AM    

FREAKING AWESOME! THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS! YEA!

Anonymous,  January 15, 2011 at 1:00 AM    

The above helped me, too. FINALLY! You're amazing...thanks for helping the clueless!!!!

lauren January 16, 2011 at 9:50 AM    

I've read all the comments and they have been so helpful. I just have one glitch. I still cannot get my header centered above my blog. I can adjust the widths of the body to make the header centered, but then the blog posts look really narrow. Is there another way?? Thank you so much for your help.
www.laurensemmes.blogspot.com

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