I was recently given the task of rebranding our WSS production server at work to rid ourselves of the ugly WSS / MOSS header with the three peg-people they use. This is a relatively easy task in MOSS but not so easy in WSS. On the server in the folder “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\GLOBAL” there is a file “Default.master”. If this file is edited it will impact ALL sub webs created under ALL site collections in WSS. It will also impact existing sub webs. Altering the “Application.master” file in the “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS” folder will rebrand the administration pages. Be careful changing either of these as SharePoint is very picky about objects existing on the page when it loads the dynamic content.
If you want only to rebrand a singe site at a time you will need SharePoint Designer 2007. If you browse to the site that you want to edit and look for the “Default.master” file in the masterpage directory and edit it SharePoint will create a ghosted copy of the file. That site will show the changes, but not its children or any other sites created/existing. To revert back just right click the edited file and choose “Reset to Site Definition”.
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