Request - Major changes to header (illustration included)

[EvilNui]

Hey folks,

I have been running a smf for quite some time now and I am quite happy with it and now I would like to start personalizing it.

What I wanted to do first was changing the header of the forum, because there is some obsolete information, since I decided to use a Portal (TinyPortal), which already provides the information given in the header. I also want to embed a logo that goes with the forum.
Of course I tried to do that myself, but I ran into several problems, which led me to consult you.

I added an illustration so you can see what I was thinking of...

Illustration. Click on it to see a bigger version.
hxxp:img111.imageshack.us/img111/1957/headerfd0.png [nonactive]

Thanks in advance!
Yours sincerely, Nui

[bloc]

If you are using default theme, there is already an option to turn off the obsolete information inside TinyPortal itself. Just go to admin/ TPadmin/general settings and set "show top" to off. Then only the header will show and not the user-information panels. This was done to that exact need: hiding the top since its info is repeated in the sidepanels.

[EvilNui]

First of all, thanks for the answer.

Great option, but this way we don't have a banner in the header.

Anyway, our current solution looks like this:
hxxp:img251.imageshack.us/my.php?image=newheaderuu5.png [nonactive]

And with this, we are more or less happy

[bloc]

Nice banner. I like the mirror effect there.

[EvilNui]

Thanks, we like it as well
And since it is a very wide background image, it looks cool on every resolution