image in the header

[8guawong]

Try wrapping the logo and links in a new div and use margin-top: px;

thank you for your answer but i'm a noob so don't really know how to do it
would it be too much trouble for you to show me how?
if its too much trouble i can just use the default height and ms paint the logo 

[8guawong]

ok i've been more actively learning about css / html etc.
so i came back to this thread now i understand more about what Wires was saying
going to post the final solution here

for the css

#logo {
	background: url("https://i.imgur.com/cdGkI35.png");
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: left;
	padding: 10px 0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #263c30;
	height: 142px;
}

.my_header{
	margin-top: 90px;
}

and then edit the header template from

<a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/index.php"><img src="{$theme['logo']}" alt="{$mybb->settings['bbname']}" title="{$mybb->settings['bbname']}" /></a>
					<ul class="menu top_links">
						{$menu_portal}
						{$menu_search}
						{$menu_memberlist}
						{$menu_calendar}
						<li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/misc.php?action=help" class="help">{$lang->toplinks_help}</a></li>
						</ul>

to

					<div class="my_header"><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/index.php"><img src="{$theme['logo']}" alt="{$mybb->settings['bbname']}" title="{$mybb->settings['bbname']}" /></a>
					<ul class="menu top_links">
						{$menu_portal}
						{$menu_search}
						{$menu_memberlist}
						{$menu_calendar}
						<li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/misc.php?action=help" class="help">{$lang->toplinks_help}</a></li>
						</ul></div>

feel free to check it out on my site on how it looks
blackmarke7.com

NOT the link in my sig since i haven't update that one yet