SharePoint Intranets - the initial setup

Talking about setting up a SharePoint Intranet 

 - lots of interesting articles and techniques need to be brought together in one go to create a solution.

This article covers some hurdles and ideas plus also listing some links that are quite good.

The first hurdle/design technique we hit was sticky footers and headers.
Along with the previous developers taking out the quick launch and this not being put into the initial specs, we also found a way to create the ultimate master page.

Some Good Links
Intranet Components
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