FP2000: How to Alter the Theme Used by Web Templates

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WARNING: If you delete or alter built-in Web templates, you may need to reinstall FrontPage to restore the templates.

To change the theme that will be applied to a new FrontPage web, you must edit the Web template INF file. The INF file contains information about the Web, including the default theme that will be applied to the Web.

Each Web template is located in its own subfolder. By default the folder is located in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033\Webs\ folder. For example, the Personal Web template has a corresponding Personal.inf file. This file is stored in the following hard disk location: The following table lists the Web templates that ship with FrontPage and the folders and file names of the INF files:

Web Template Name	Folder	Inf File
One Page Web	Normal.tem	Normal.inf
Customer Support Web	Custsupp.tem	Custsupp.inf
Empty Web	Empty.tem	Empty.inf
Personal Web	Personal.tem	Personal.inf
Project Web	Project.tem	Project.inf

Each theme has a theme definition. For example, the theme definition for the Expedition theme is Expedition. The theme definition is defined in the theme's INF file. By default, the INF file is located in the following hard disk location:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033\css\<Theme Name>
				

where <Theme Name> corresponds to the theme definition. The following table lists the themes and theme definitions:

Theme Name	Theme Definition
Arcs	arcs
Artsy	artsy
Automotive	auto
Balance	balance
Barcode	barcode
Bars	bars
Blank	blank
Blends	blends
Blocks	blocks
Blueprint	blueprnt
Bold Stripes	boldstri
Bubbles	bubbles
Cactus	cactus
Canvas	canvas
Capsules	capsules
Chalkboard	chlkbord
Checkers	checkers
Citrus Punch	citrus
Classic	classic
Clear Day	clearday
Construction Zone	construc
Corporate	corporat
Cypress	cypress
Downtown	downtown
Expedition	expeditn
Fiesta	fiesta
Folio	folio
Geared Up Factory	factory
Glacier	glacier
Global Marketing	global
Highway	hiway
In Motion	inmotion
Industrial	indust
Kids	kids
LaVerne	lavern
Leaves	leaves
Loose Gesture	loosegst
Maize	maize
Modern Shapes	mdnshape
Modular	modular
Nature	nature
Neon	neon
Network Blitz	blitz
Passport	passport
Pie Charts	piechart
Poetic	poetic
PostModern	pstmdrn
Radius	radius
Rice Paper	ricepapr
Romanesque	rmnsque
Safari	safari
Saturday TV Toons	tvtoons
Spiral	spiral
Straight Edge	stredge
Sumi Painting	sumipntg
Sunflower	sunflowr
Sweets	sweets
Tabs and Folders	tabs
Technology	technolo
Tidepool	tidepool
Tilt	tilt
Topo	topo
Travel	travel
Waves	waves
Willow	willow
Zero	zero

Each INF file contains an entry similar to the following:

theme=global 101
				

where global is the theme definition and the number that follows identifies which options are used by the theme. Each digit in the number identifies one of or more of the following three options:

100	Vivid Colors. Use this option to apply brighter colors to text and graphics.
010	Active Graphics. Use this option to animate theme components.
001	Background Image. Use this option to apply a textured background.

You can combine these options. For example, if you want to include all three options (vivid colors, active graphics, and background image), you would specify a number of 111. If you want your theme to contain vivid colors and active graphics, you would specify a number of 110.

Also, you can automatically have the theme applied using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). To do this, add an additional 1 to the beginning of the number. For example, if you wanted to apply Active Graphics to the ChalkBoard Theme, you would normally type 010 as the number. However, if you wanted to use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), you would type 1010 as the number.

If you do not want to apply a theme, you can set the value to none, such as the following example:

theme=none
				

After you make your changes to the INF file, save the file. The next time you create a new FrontPage Web, the theme you specified will be applied to your Web.

NOTE: You cannot apply a default theme to the Import Web Wizard. In contrast, other Web wizards allow you to select a theme after you start the wizard.