Tuesday, July 12, 2011

How to Change WordPress Login Logo?


The post titlereflects the question received from one of the blog readers. Since I am stillactive Blogger user, I am not so familiar with Wordpress tips and tricks. Ihave to admit that I even did not know myself that the logo can be changed.Actually, changing the logo appeared to be a simple and straightforwardprocedure.

Why it might be agood idea to perform this modification? The main advantage is ability to betterbrand your product. This is especially useful if you have multiple authors, or yourequire commenting visitors to sign in repeatedly from that page.

The instructions toperform the modification are posted on QuickOnline Tips Blog. Follow instructions step-by-step to get the desiredoutcomes:
1. Modify your logo size to create a new image withfollowing parameters:
  • .GIF image
  • Transparent background
  • Size – 310px wide, 70px height
  • Name - logo-login.gif
2. Check your WordPress login screen which would be locatedon the URL http://yoursite.com/wp-admin/, or if you host your WordPressin a folder, then it is at http://yoursite.com/folder/wp-admin/.
3. Login via FTP on your server and browse to the wp-admin/images folder.
4. Find logo-login.gif image and rename to easilyrecognizable name like logo-login-back.gif for backup purposes.
5. Upload your own logo image logo-login.gif to replace theoriginal one.
6. Check your WordPress login screen and your logo islive.

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