Saturday, September 26, 2026

Banner Image Replacement via Live Admin

Replaced one of the site banner images directly from the admin panel against the live server. This was a content/upload task only — no code was modified and no deployment step was required.

Content Admin

Banner Replaced

Code Changes

Live Upload

Task Summary

Identified the banner slot to replace and prepared the new artwork in the correct banner aspect ratio
Uploaded the replacement image through the live admin panel, which handled naming, hashing and the WebP conversion automatically
Verified the new banner renders correctly on the live site with the correct crop and responsive behaviour
Confirmed no code changes and no deploy were needed — the change was applied content-side only

Technical Details

Live Admin Upload

The admin upload handler names every file banner_<unixtime>_<hash>.<ext>, so the embedded timestamp is the authoritative upload time. The new WebP landed in the admin uploads directory and was picked up by the front end immediately.

No Deployment Required

Because the image was applied through the admin panel rather than a local file change, there was nothing to push: the live site served the new banner as soon as the upload completed.

AI-Assisted Tools

Claude Pro GPT-4 Turbo