Header Width & System Messages?

Hey Guys,

First of, thanks for the fantastic free Joomla template of Fresh Mint. I have a few questions;

1 > I am going to have a fixed width of 1024 and wondering how I make the header logo cover all that distance across the top?

2 > I noticed the Joomla system messages dont show in the template. After some hours of research, I found the required code but I dont know where to put it. The code to display Joomlas system messages (for example the message of check your email for the activation link after you register) is below;

<jdoc:include type=\message\ />

If anyone can help me where to put that code, please let me know (I want the messages to be displayed at the top of where the main body of text is).



Thanks in advance,
Justin