Below is a selection of CSS code that can be used to “rebrand” SharePoint using a Content Editor Web Part:

<style>
/* breadcrumbs */
.ms-titlearea {
  display: none;
}
/* Tabs */
.ms-banner {
 display: none;
}
/* Title Bar */
.ms-pagetitle {
  display: none;
}
/* Search function */
.ms-searchform {
display: none
}
/* Welcome and help stuff */
.ms-globallinks {
 display: none
}
/* Remove shadings from right */
.ms-sitetitle {
     background-color: white
}
</style>

The templates can be downloaded from Microsoft’s Download Center.

Run the download .exe file and extract the templates to a suitable folder on your WSS server (like C:\wss-templates).

From WSS Server, at command prompt run the the following:

cd\
cd C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN
stsadm -o addsolution -filename c:\wss-templates\ApplicationTemplateCore.wsp
stsadm -o deploysolution -name ApplicationTemplateCore.wsp –allowgacdeployment –local
stsadm -o copyappbincontent

To install a specific template, like Knowledgebase, run the following:

stsadm -o addsolution -filename c:\templates\KnowledgeBase.wsp
stsadm -o deploysolution -name KnowledgeBase.wsp –allowgacdeployment –local

Repeat the commands for any other templates you wish to install.

Details of all the templates can be found on TechNet.

Choose Site Actions, Edit Page.

SharePoint Edit Page

Add a new Content Editor Web Part(in Miscellaneous) to the page.

Choose Edit, Modify Shared Web Part.

Modify Shared Web Part

Put the following two code section into the Source Editor:

<style>
.ms-navframe {
  display: none;
}
</style>

<script language="JavaScript">
document.getElementById('onettopnavbar1002-1').style.visibility='hidden';
document.getElementById('onettopnavbar1002-2').style.visibility='hidden';
document.getElementById('onettopnavbar1002-3').style.visibility='hidden';
document.getElementById('onettopnavbar1002-4').style.visibility='hidden';
</script>

Choose the OK button and now the View All Contant and Recycle bin should disappear.

Exit Edit Mode to complete.

Module 2: Web Parts

Module 3: Page Navigation

Module 4: Page Branding

Module 5: Data List

Module 6: Web Services

Module 7: Event Handlers

Module 8: Content Types and Site Columns

Module 9: Workflow

Module 10: User Management

Module 11: Silverlight

Module 12: Deployment

Install Visual Studio 2008 on your WSS 3.0 Server.

Download and install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools from Microsoft’s Down Center (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/.

run Visual Studio.

Choose File, New Project, Select SharePoint and choose Web Part.

This will create a class library and includes references to the sharepoint.dll.

Remove the comments from the sample code.

From Solution Explorer, right-click the project and choose Deploy.

This will create a .wsp deployment package and install it to localhost (Your WSS server. It will also automatically activate the web part.

Now, add the newly created web Part (from Miscellaneous) to a SharePoint page.

1. Copy the AjaxControlToolkit.dll to the BIN folder of the SharePoint server.
2. Edit the web.config file as below:

<SafeControls>
      <SafeControl Assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0,     Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"     Namespace="System.Web.UI" TypeName="*" Safe="True" />
</SafeControls>

<configSections>
    <sectionGroup name="system.web.extensions" type="System.Web.Configuration.SystemWebExtensionsSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35">
      <sectionGroup name="scripting" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35">
          <section name="scriptResourceHandler" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingScriptResourceHandlerSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication"/>
        <sectionGroup name="webServices" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingWebServicesSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35">
          <section name="jsonSerialization" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingJsonSerializationSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="Everywhere" />
          <section name="profileService" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingProfileServiceSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication" />
          <section name="authenticationService" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingAuthenticationServiceSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication" />
        </sectionGroup>
      </sectionGroup>
    </sectionGroup>
</configSections> 

<pages>
  <controls>
    <add tagPrefix="asp" namespace="System.Web.UI" assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
  </controls>
</pages>

<assemblies>
       <add assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
</assemblies>

<httpHandlers>
      <add verb="*" path="*.asmx" validate="false" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
      <add verb="*" path="*_AppService.axd" validate="false" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
      <add verb="GET,HEAD" path="ScriptResource.axd" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptResourceHandler, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" validate="false"/>
</httpHandlers>

<httpModules>
      <add name="ScriptModule" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptModule, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
</httpModules>

Choose Site Actions, Edit Page.

SharePoint Edit Page

Add a new XML Web Part to the page.

Add Web Part

Choose Edit, Modify Shared Web Part.

Modify Shared Web Part

Select the XML Editor Button.

XML Editor

Input the following XML:

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0"; url="http://www.google.couk<URL>">

Replace http://www.google.co.uk with the url of the site/page you wish to redirect to.

Choose OK to close the Editor.

Expand Layout and choose Hidden.

Hidden Web Part

Click OK, then Exit Edit Mode.