Creating Sharepoint Themes

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From: DavidR (DavidR_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/02/04 

Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 01:11:02 -0700

Hi,

I'm creating a Sharepoint Theme for a set of WSS sites we are developing.

If I create the theme in FrontPage 2003, it isn't immediately available to the theme list within Sharepoint. From what I have been able to pick up from other threads, you have to unpack the elm file for the FrontPage theme (using the script in http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;295409) and copy the files to the Sharepoint Themes folder under Template.

If I create the theme manually in the Sharepoint folder as per the instructions in the Sharepoint SDK, the theme isn't available to FrontPage 2003. Presumably I can repack the files I create for the theme and move the elm to the FrontPage themes folder.

Is there an easier way of making themes available to both FrontPage and Sharepoint?

Thanks,
David