i do a combo bombo of copy / paste and coding
the copy / paste part is just to get the header structure in place ( divs etc ) as well as to include the css and js ( jQuery for menus )
then the code part is to create the secondary menu to replace the 'hop to' menus (
http://sirdude.com/forum/ ) <-- a default forum with no real content right now
ps: same idea for the footer too
