Branding SharePoint 2010 After the Fact

Question

I am relatively new to SharePoint branding, but have experience in other developing aspects and administration. With SharePoint 2010, am I asking for trouble by getting my site (intranet for a department) set up, then trying to apply the branding down the road. I plan on taking Heather Solomon’s bootcamp in November but need to get moving with getting things in place. What are your thoughts?

Answer 1

It can be done using a Feature to deploy your masterpage and elements (css, images, etc) - but you might somewhat surprise your users (in a negative way) by springing a new look & feel on them.