Microsoft KB Archive/180821

= How to Alter the Theme Used by Web Templates =

Article ID: 180821

Article Last Modified on 7/2/2002

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 * Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q180821



SUMMARY
This article describes how you can change the theme applied to your new FrontPage Webs.



MORE INFORMATION
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 FrontPage\Webs folder. For example, the Personal Web template has a corresponding Personal.inf file. This file is stored in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage\Webs\Personal.tem folder. 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 Expeditn. The theme definition is defined in the theme's INF file. By default, the INF file is located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage\Themes\ folder, where  corresponds to the theme definition. The following table lists the themes and theme definitions:   Theme Name                 Theme Definition ---  Arcs                       arcs Artsy                     artsy Automotive                auto Barcode                   barcode Bars                      bars Blends                    blends Blocks                    blocks Blueprint                 blueprnt Bubbles                   bubbles Cactus                    cactus Capsules                  capsules Checkers                  checkers Citrus Punch              citrus Clear Day                 clearday Construction Zone         construc Downtown                  downtown Expedition                expeditn Fiesta                    fiesta Geared Up Factory         factory Global Marketing          global Highway                   hiway In Motion                 inmotion Industrial                indust Kids                      kids LaVerne                   lavern Leaves                    leaves Modern Contrast           mdcont Modern Shapes             mdnshape Nature                    nature Neon                      neon Network Blitz             blitz Poetic                    poetic Polar                     polar PostModern                pstmdrn Romanesque                rmnsque Safari                    safari Saturday TV Toons         tvtoons Spiral                    spiral Spokes                    spokes Straight Edge             stredge Street Writing            start Subterranean              subterra Sumi Painting             sumipntg Sunflower                 sunflowr Sweets                    sweets Technology                technolo Tidepool                  tidepool Tilt                      tilt Topo                      topo Travel                    travel Value Added               valueadd Waves                     waves World Finance             wrldfnc 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 a combination 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. Thus, 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.

If you do not want to apply a theme, you can set the value to "none" like this:   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.

