I promise; this one is short.

You know how tough it can be to customize/brand a SharePoint site to your corporate marketing schemes I am sure. Well, I just wanted to share a couple of things with you to make it a little easier next time.

First, if you want to move that Wiki page menu bar (the one with the Edit and History buttons) around on the page, you need to deal with that MiniConsole component on your master page. Really, that's it for the first thing.

Second, READ! Specifically, read everything you can find time to read on Heather Solomon's site. Then read all the CSS books and blogs you can. I assure you it will save you tons of time when you start the next SharePoint branding project.

On a side note, if you aren't using Wikies in SharePoint, you really should give them a shot. They are about the easiest and best way to get your organization's tacit knowledge saved for future employees. This makes turnover of key people much less of an issue. It also helps with the adoption of SharePoint sites in the company. And trust me, the younger generation of workers you are hiring now, they KNOW about Wikies and they will be looking for yours. Make sure they can find it.