How to Add a Site Banner in SharePoint 2013

SharePoint 2013 limits you to a 64x64 site icon for the header.

If you prefer to use a large site banner, follow these steps.

1) Open your site in SharePoint Designer 2013.

2) In the Navigation Pane, click on "Master Pages".

3) Right-click on your default master page. ("seattle.master" is the default master page in SharePoint 2013)

4) Comment out the line below as follows:

   <!-- <SharePointDelegateControl id="ID_SuiteBarBrandingDelegate" ControlId="SuiteBarBrandingDelegate" runat="server"/> -->

   This will remove the default "SharePoint" title from the banner on the top of the page.

5) Right below the commented line, add your image like the following example:

   <img alt="Bantay Consulting" height="64" width="256" src="/Images/leo_banner.jpg">

Note: You can also use these same steps to add image buttons by wrapping your image within <a></a> tags.

   Ex: <a href="/HelpDesk/default.aspx"><img alt="Submit a Help Desk Ticket" src="ticket.jpg"></a>

Cheers!
Leo