SharePoint - the Second Commandment

II. Thou shalt learn the Publishing Feature

The Publishing Feature in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is the best part of the whole damn package. Publishing is a the system that allows you create web pages on the fly instead of using SharePoint as a web based file system. If you combine it with Dynamic Content Web Parts, you can create site that shows links, a nice roll up icon, with a nice look and feel.

If you deploy a site collection with the Enterprise Publishing Portal template, you get all kinds of useful workflows, document libraries, and tools that really quite useful. You can still use document libraries and things to your hearts content but if you turn on publishing first, you will make your life a lot easier.