Can anyone help me create my own banner without hiring someone? We need to have D.I.Y site for all our needs on creating graphics and etc..

It is really simple if you have photo editing software.  For mine, I used Illustrator and created a graphic that was 490 pixels wide by 68 pixels tall.  Saved it for web (png)

Went into Photoshop and and cropped graphic into 5 pieces 98 pixels wide each.  I am using CS3 so I don’t have fireworks that slices it really nicely.

Your graphic has to be able to work if it isn’t in order.  

Another post suggested a couple of sites that will create them for you, but they don’t take into account the randomness of how the graphics show up.

Go to my FB page and see what it does – (you can like it while you are there )

@scottieschufford-anderson if you want something  well done, you need some basic knowledge of photo editing software. I personally use photoshop and I am satisfied with the results. A good alternative is Gimp like @pacey said.

@scottieschufford-anderson Once you upload the 5 new photos they will automatically become the banner until you post a newer photo to your wall. At that point it will go on the banner and bump one of your 5. But if you hover your cursor over it in the banner, a little ‘x’ will come up. Just click the x and it will be removed from the banner but not from your wall or your photos.

Photoshop elements is a baby version of photoshop for about $100. Gimp may be free but what a crappy program…IMHO