Originally Posted by Fenris Wolf

I would just to establish a set of best practices, especially if you're going to use the system as designed and make a number of changes. It is really a robust product with a lot of features under the hood. Now if you just want to add for example google analytics then it would be ok to just make changes directly to either the header or footer tpl files. Just my opinion though. Others may want to weigh in.

I wanted to add make sure you read all their documentation: KVS the Basics, Settings, and Site Management, and then make your way over to their forums and make your way through their Educational Series. Then do it again.

On a more practical level I would also suggest that before you even import any content get your categorization in place.