How to create custom header in magento 1.9

Question

I want to create the custom header in Magento 1.9. I attached the screenshot of the header like this

I have tried the following code. I have created the static block and static block calling in the header.phtml file

     <?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId('custom_block_id')->toHtml() ?>

but this code is not working .please suggest me

I have added this original header not working. Menu and logo not displaying.

     <!--- custom header---->    
  <reference name="header">
      <block type="page/header" name="header">
         <action method="setTemplate"><template>page/html/customheader.phtml</template></action> 
     </block>    
 </reference> 
        <!--- original header---->
         <reference name="header">
        <!-- Search box wrapper -->
        <block type="page/html_header" name="search_wrapper" template="page/html/search_wrapper.phtml">
            <action method="insert">
                <block>top.search</block>
            </action>
        </block>

Answer 1

1. Add the code bellow in : app/design/frontend/{yourpackage}/{yourtheme}/layout/local.xml

   <reference name="header">
       <block type="{block}/{type}" name="custom.header" template="page/html/custom-header.phtml" before="-"/>
   </reference>
   

2. Create your custom header in : app/design/frontend/{yourpackage}/{yourtheme}/template/page/html/custom-header.phtml

3. Add <?php echo $this->getChildHtml('custom.header'); ?> in app/design/frontend/{yourpackage}/{yourtheme}/template/page/html/header.phtml

   Info : in <block type="{block}/{type}" if you haven't a custom block for your phtml, please put : <block type="core/template" ...

   before="-" to place it at the top of the header container.

Update:

For a Static block:

in local.xml

<reference name="header">
    <block type="cms/block" name="custom.header">
        <action method="setBlockId"><block_id>block-id-here</block_id></action>
    </block>
</reference>

Then : app/design/frontend/{yourpackage}/{yourtheme}/template/page/html/header.phtml

Add this : <?php echo $this->getChildHtml('custom.header'); ?>

Answer 2

Try to add this code in your xml :

<reference name="header">
    <block type="core/template" name="customheader" template="customheader.phtml"/>
</reference>

And write your custom code in customheader.phtml file.

It may be helpful for you.