Themes and Cascading Style Sheets
Article ID: KB101335
In FrontPage 2002 and previous versions,
Themes can be applied "with" or
"without" Cascading Style Sheets. If a Theme is applied without CSS, FrontPage
will automatically insert lots of <font> tags to help format the text according
to the Theme. If a Theme is applied with CSS, FrontPage will generate an
external style sheet and link it to the pages that use the theme. FrontPage 2003
only applies Themes with Cascading Style Sheets, in an effort to bring
FrontPage web sites closer to commonly held web standards.
If a web site uses a cascading style sheet generated by a Theme, the only way
to modify the style sheet is by using the
Customize Theme interface to
modify
text styles. Web developers who are accustomed to modifying an external style
sheet (.css) may find this clumsy and annoying. On the other hand, users who
aren't familiar with CSS and who are more used to the typical Office
functionality will find the Customize Theme interface more helpful and
intuitive. My experience has been, however, that even seasoned Office users
would rather learn how to edit a simple text style sheet instead of clicking
away at the Style dialog box.
For Theme Developers: If you are a FrontPage Developer who creates
Themes, you should think about creating a theme from scratch in FrontPage 2003
and only using the theme for graphics. Delete all the text styles in the Theme >
Text > More Text Styles interface, and create an external style sheet so that
users can easily modify the styles.
For Web Developers: If you use a Theme for your web site and it has
cascading style sheets generated by the Theme, you're unfortunately out of luck
when it comes to changing styles - you're forced to use the Modify Theme
interface. The more you use it, though, the faster you'll get - so get familiar
with the Style dialog window!
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