Kubrick is the default theme used by WordPress and it's a quite popular theme to build upon, but the plain blue header image used is quite unattractive. Here I'll show you how easily you can create web headers which look like Kubrick but with header graphics of your own choosing. All you need is to choose a decent image to use as a header and you can prepare it in GIMP to use with your style sheets. A good header looks extremely attractive in a curved, fixed width theme and here's how you can get the images you need to create your style sheet.

Step 1: Get a good header image

Open a good header graphic you want to use in GIMP. I've chosen a simple blend effect as a background image, but you can use cross-sections of good photos or any other background image which you think fits in well with your theme.

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