Important for removing the pre-made box that underlaps the banner: Go to the CSS code noted here on this screen shot and change the text after border to read simply "0". Do the exact same thing for border-width directly underneath. Change the text to "0" - You're coding now!!
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Now scroll down until you start seeing HTML code that looks like this. ERASE starting with {h1 id="blogtitle"} all the way down until you see {p id="description..."} Basically, we are erasing all traces and references to the blog title that is pre-coded into the template. We are, however, keeping the description references in tact.
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After you click on the Template scoll down until you see this section of code starting with: #blog-title { ... ERASE this whole paragraph of code.
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Add the code for the banner image in the Description box. Begin your code with
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Now that you have placed your image into the description box under settings, you will notice some gnarly configuration problems. Notice the title above the banner and the misaligned box around the top. During the next step, we will remove and refine this problem so that all you will see will be the blog banner.
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Screen Shot 1 - Use your image software and create the title of your blog using the Text tool. Save your new personalized blog banner on your harddrive as a newly titled .png, .jpg or .gif
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NDISB Blog Banner Tutorial by TaniaJPS

This is a test-pilot blog for a tutorial to appear in NDISB (Natural Designs in Scrapbooking) Newsletter, November 2006.

The tutorial will cover how to add a blog banner to a Blogger Blog using the Minima Template by Douglas Bowman.