Snowified WordPress Default (Kubrick) Header
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Version 1.1
Copyright (c) 2006-2008 ContentRobot LLC
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


The snowified header is fairly easy to install...

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INSTALLATION
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1.) After downloading and extracting the contents of the ZIP archive to your local computer, you will have five files (plus this read me file) in the "snowified" directory.
2.) Set up the snow customizations by opening the "kubrickheader.txt" in a text editor like BBEdit/TextWrangler, TextMate or NotePad (see "Customization Options" below for setting details).
2.) Upload the four files listed below into the root directory for your Wordpress install. NOTE: This is the same directory that contains the "wp-content" directory.
	AC_OETags.js
	snowifiedheader.css
	snowifiedheader.swf
	snowifiedheader.txt
3.) On your server navigate to the /wp-content/themes/default/ directory and locate the current "header.php" file and rename it to "header-static.php".
4.) Upload the "header-snowified.php" to the /wp-content/themes/default/ directory and rename it to "header.php"

If you now reload your blog's home page in a web browser you should now see the animated snow on top of the header graphic.

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IMPORTANT NOTES
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- The existing default header graphic must be a JPEG image and named "kubrickheader.jpg" (this is the default file name for the standard WordPress install). If your header graphic is named differently, simply rename to "kubrickheader.jpg" and you should be ok.
- The Flash .swf file requires that the path for the default theme is "/wp-content/themes/default/" (this is the default path for the standard WordPress install).
- Users must have version 8 of the Flash Plugin to see the animated snow, otherwise they will just see the usual static JPEG image.

To revert to the original static header...
On your server open the /wp-content/themes/default/ directory and locate the "header.php" file and rename it to "header-snowified.php" and rename the "header-static.php" to "header.php"

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CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS
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The "Snowified" header is customized by editing the variables in the string that appears in the "kubrickheader.txt" file. NOTES: Each variable must be separated with a amperes sign (&). Do not remove any variables or modify the last variable done="done"

flaketype=#
1 - classic flake
2 - modern flake
3 - blizzard flake
Example: To show the classic flake you would use "flaketype=1"

fallspeed=#
Values between 1 and 5 look the most realistic. 1 is the slowest speed.
Example: To show slowly falling snow you would use "fallspeed=1"

rotatespeed=#
Values between 1 and 5 look the most realistic. 1 is the slowest rotation.
Example: To show a slowly rotating flake you would use "rotatespeed=1"

blogtitle=Text+String
You can use any text sting. Strings with more then 26 characters may be clipped or truncated. Words in the string must be separated by a plus sign (+)
Example: To display the blog title "My Blog Title" you would use "blogtitle=My+Blog+Title"
NOTE: If you do not want to display a title or your header graphic already includes a title or logo use "blogtitle="

blogdescription=Text+String
You can use any text sting. Strings with more then 98 characters may be clipped or truncated. Words in the string must be separated by a plus sign (+)
Example: To display the blog description "My Blogs Description" you would use "blogdescription=My+Blogs+Description"
NOTE: If you do not want to display a description use "blogdescription="

mask=#
The mask variable can be set to 1 for true or 0 for false.
Example: To display the snow within the rounded area of the header you would use "mask=1". To have the snow fill the full header you would use "mask=0"

subdirectory=none
In most cases the subdirectory variable should be set to "none". You will only need to modify it if WordPress is running from inside a subdirectory.
Example: If you access your blog at http://www.mydomain.com/wordpress/ then you would use "subdirectory=wordpress". 
NOTE: If you do change the subdirectory variable, then you must also move the file "snowifiedheader.txt" (mentioned in step 2 of the installation instructions) into the root directory of your server - for example it should be at http://www.mydomain.com/snowifiedheader.txt

done="done"
Do not remove or modify this variable. This variable is utilized by the Flash movie to indicate that all external data has been successfully loaded.

Here's an example of a complete string...
flaketype=1&fallspeed=1&rotatespeed=1&blogtitle=My+Blog+Title&blogdescription=My+Blogs+Description&mask=1&done="done"