Starting from Scratch with Themes

Article ID: KB101587

FP 2000 & 2002 | FP 2003

Frontpage 2003

If you are starting completely from scratch and want to use a Theme, here's what you do:

1. You will want to create a new web.
    
   1. Go to File > New... The "New" taskbar now appears to the right of the window.
       
   2. In the taskbar under ,
      click
       
   3. A dialog box should pop up with "One Page Web Site" already selected. You may want to specify the location of your new web.
       
   4. Click OK.
      
2. Apply the theme to one page.
    
   1. Open the home page (index.htm or default.htm).
       
   2. To apply the theme, go to Format > Theme...
       
   3. A taskbar will appear to the right of the screen. Click once on the theme you want to apply.
       
   4. Your current page now uses that theme!
       
3. Apply the theme to more than one page.
    
   1. Open the "Folder List" taskbar if it isn't open already.
      
      HINT: Press Alt-F1 to toggle on/off the Folder List taskbar.
       
   2. Select the files to which you want to apply the theme.
      
      HINT: Press and hold Ctrl while clicking files allows you to select multiple files.
       
   3. Click once on the theme to apply it to all of the selected pages.

   NOTE: You may also want to check "Active Graphics," "Background picture," and "Vivid Colors."
    

4. Add a page banner or other content.
    
   1. You do not yet have any navigation buttons or page banners on your blank page, but inserting your content is easy!
       
   2. Go to Insert > Page Banner... to create a page banner. You may add other content. (Consider using Shared Borders - learn more!)
       
5. Add more pages.
    
   1. You will need to create more pages before you can get navigation buttons to work.
       
   2. You can easily create a new page by going to File > Save As... and saving the home page under a different name.
       
   3. You will need to change the Page Title as well as the Filename.
       
   4. Be sure that your Filename is one word (no spaces) and ends in the .htm extension.
       
6. Drag your new pages into Navigation View.
    
   1. After creating new pages, go to Navigation View by clicking on the Web Site tab and then "Navigation" on the Views Bar at the bottom of the screen.
      
      Help! See our Views Bar and Navigation View tutorials.
       
   2. Click on one of your new pages in Folder List and drag it into Navigation View under your Home Page.
       
   3. Do this for the rest of your pages to build your web site's structure.
       
7. Insert navigation/link bars.
    
   1. Now go back to your home page by clicking the "index.htm" tab towards the top of the window.
       
   2. You can now insert a link bar. Go to Insert > Navigation...
       
   3. A dialog box pops up. For "Component type:" select "Link Bars" and set the bar type as "Bar based on navigation structure".
      
      
       
   4. Click Next. On the next screen, select "Use Page's Theme" and click Next.
      
      
       
   5. On the next screen, select the orientation of the bar that you are creating, and click Finish.
       
   6. Now the "Link Bar Properties" dialog box will show. Choose the level of navigation you would like to use.
      
      Oops! If your link bar looks like:
       

      [Edit the properties for this link bar to display hyperlinks here]

      then you either:

      1. don't need a link bar on this page,
      2. haven't added the current page to your navigation structure, or
      3. your link bar isn't configured properly.
         
         For example, if your navigation bar is set at "Child level", and the current page has no children (pages beneath it in the navigation structure), then this message will be a placeholder for your link bar since it has nothing to display.

      In any case, the [Edit the properties ... ] message will NOT appear when you publish your site. It only appears in Design View for your convenience. Sometimes pages have link bars present when they are not needed. In this case, the message just lets you know that there's a link bar there if you need it later on.

      Help! Learn more about link bars...
       

8. Add your content!
   
   Now, edit your pages by adding your own content!

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FP 2000 & 2002 | FP 2003

Frontpage 2000 & 2002

If you are starting completely from scratch and want to use a Theme, here's what you do:

1. You will want to create a new web.
   1. Go to File > New > Web (2000) or File > New > Page or Web (2002).
   2. In 2002, you will need to click on "Web Site Templates" in the right column.
   3. Choose "One Page Web" (it should be the first in the list).
   4. Click OK and FrontPage will create a new web that has one page.
2. Apply the theme.
   1. Open the home page (index.htm or default.htm).
   2. Now you can apply the theme. Go to Format > Theme and choose the theme you want to apply.
   3. Select the "All Pages" option so that the theme will be applied to all pages in your web.
   4. You may also want to check "Active Graphics," "Background image," and "Vivid Colors."
   5. Click OK to apply the theme. You will see the background image or color apply.
3. Add a page banner or other content.
   You do not yet have any navigation buttons or page banners on your blank page, but inserting your content is easy! Go ahead and go to Insert > Page Banner to create a page banner. You may add other content. (Consider using Shared Borders - learn more!)
4. Add more pages.
   1. You will need to create more pages before you can get navigation buttons to work.
   2. You can easily create a new page by going to File > Save As and saving the home page under a different name.
   3. You will need to change the Page Title as well as the Filename.
   4. Be sure that your Filename is one word (no spaces) and ends in the .htm extension.
5. Drag your new pages into Navigation View.
   1. After creating new pages, go to Navigation View by clicking on Navigation in the Views bar.
   2. Click on one of your new pages in your Folder List and drag it into Navigation View under your home page.
   3. Do this for the rest of your pages.
6. Insert navigation/link bars.
   1. Now go back to your home page.
   2. You can now insert a navigation bar. Go to Insert > Navigation Bar (2000) or Insert > Link Bar (2002).
   3. Learn more about creating navigation bars...
7. Add your content!
   Now, edit your pages by adding your own content!

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