You can brand your site  in different ways.
One of them is with themes, there are some built-in themes you can use
or you can create your own. You have to know something about css en
to find the classes used on your site you should use iedevbar (or
something with the same features).

this link will show you how to create en custom theme :
www.sharepointblogs.com/.../easy-way-of-editing-cu\
stomized-theme-in-moss-2007.aspx

An other possibility is ajdusting your masterpage, then you can hide
some controls or add some, change the layout completely. With that
you can make your custom core.css for the right colors and images.

You can find a lot on heather's site :

www.heathersolomon.com

In the beginning it's a lot looking for the right classes but once you
get into it...

thanks.. I do know about the themes but wanted to make the site  be pretty as
well.. haha I have checked in to CSS but didnt know if there were other ways of
making the site look more like a web site.

You can download sample master page from
http://office.microsoft.com/en-
us/sharepointtechnology/HA102223711033.aspx

SharePoint Designer is the tool you need...........

its much easier with sharepoint  designer, to customize every part in
both design and code.

Hey use share point designer its more usuful than any other for customization