Hey all,
I know that alot of you have had some trouble with creating or using your own custom banners for your header image in your outside blog or ActiveRain blogs. I just want you to know that have no fear, I have found a free site that makes creating your own banners a BREEZE!
www.bannerfans.com is a completely free website that allows you to customize your size, text, images, and download your own custom banner for your blog or website!
Here is a little walkthrough for those of you who are interested in how it works:
Here is there home page. You'll start out with a generic template, seen in blue. As you make changes to your banner, (size, image, font, etc...) you'll see them in that box.
First Select your size. Under the layouts tab, you can enter a custom size, (for activerain blogs, it's 960 x 134) or select a standard preset.
Next, choose your banner color or upload a custom image! As you can see, I selected upload my own image, had it stretched to fit the custom dimension I selected, and it shows you what it will look like in the preview box.
Next, click on the text and fonts tab, and input your custom text and font. After making these changes, click Update my banner, and it will update the preview above to reflect your changes. Notice that you can just grab and drag the text anywhere on your image to place it where you want it! I moved mine to the right. You can also change the size of your fonts.
Check out all the cool fonts they have for you to choose from!
When you are finished, click download to download to your computer in one of three formats: .Gif, .Jpeg, or .Png. Change your format under the format tab. Click get Code to get the html code to insert into your social media page, or other website!
The end result is a beautiful Custom Banner that you made!
So if you don't have a awesome looking banner for your activerain blog, or want to make a better one, check out the site www.bannerfans.com
