How do I call a static block inside top.phtml

This is very simple call to a static block in top.phtml.
At first create a static block from magento admin panel.Like block identifer name is “speciall_message”. Now go to your top.phtm file and paste below code.

<?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId('speciall_message')->toHtml() ?>
Hope it will work.