I'm trying to set the front page to have one category.
There's a plug-in for that, but there must be some tweak I have to do before it will work? Is this usual for "plug-ins"?

I set one category for the front page. Buut, there's absolutely no change; entries from both the categories I've put ...

Actually, I missed some of my post last time.

I understand that all of us have commitments, so tomorrow will be fine.

ONLY JOKING! :P

I'm trying to finish writing a book at this time.

If I can help anyone else that is providing support to us Serendipity newbies, I will.

Don't eat too much ...

YL, that sounds great - deal!

I'll put Serendipity back later today, add the theme and then repost.

That will be some hours, sorry.

I think it will also be of general benefit because there are a good quantity of questions about changing headers in these forums. I think I've read them all and ...

Thanks for your response.

I assume from it that I can put the graphic in almost any theme if I change the supplied header for one that is the same width but has the extra depth?

I read that one theme uses a graphic 800x1 pixel so I crossed that off my list of possibles :D

If so, what files must ...

I want to set up a Serendipity theme with a 499x345 graphic in the header.

I've downloaded almost every theme I can find and tried substituting a blank header with the graphic merged to it.

I've looked through various files trying to find all the references that I should change - maybe I miss one ...

I found a psd version of the Kubrick header on David Cummins blog which I guess most of you already know about?
You just put your graphic on a new layer between the background and the current pic.
It is for use with Photoshop but can probably also be edited with Ulead's PhotoImpact or the free ...

Garvin, thanks for the quick and clear response.

Garvin, thanks.

Maybe a better question is; will it leave my blog open to problems or stop me doing anything I might need to if I leave it as is?

I don't mind working at something but I got in trouble with Word Press because everything I wanted to do needed things tweaked which I acknowledge ...

I have just re-installed Serendipity for the second time - I'm stubborn and probably a bit stupid, but I believe it's got what I need in there somewhere!

I read another post about file permissions after install an noted that seren_config_local.inc.php is supposed to be writable but mine is not ...