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Ralph Westby
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Themes - 2/24/2002 14:33:12
I have the basic idea for a web page layout, but as there will be many pages, I thought I should try to make a theme. How do I do it?
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William Lee
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RE: Themes - 2/24/2002 14:50:03
I would go to Format>Theme and select a suitable theme.
I can also modify the graphics with my own images.
William Lee
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Ralph Westby
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RE: Themes - 2/25/2002 8:18:11
Thanks for the advice William. However, I want to create my own theme, not use an existing one. Anybody able/willing to tell me how to do it?
Ralph
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William Lee
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RE: Themes - 2/25/2002 9:42:34
Sorry for the bits & pcs
After you had modified a theme, remember to Save As another theme. This way, you will have accomplished making a theme.
William Lee
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LB
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RE: Themes - 2/25/2002 11:11:42
You can also start with the [blank] theme and modify it. When applying a theme, do not check the box "apply with css". FP does not write css well.
Linda
Edited by - LB on 02/25/2002 11:13:10
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LB
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RE: Themes - 2/25/2002 11:16:14
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I have the basic idea for a web page layout, but as there will be many pages, I thought I should try to make a theme. How do I do it?
A theme will give you certain elements, but to reuse the page layout for each page "save as" a template.... or simply save as template.htm and open this and "save as" pagename.htm for each new page.
Linda
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Ralph Westby
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RE: Themes - 2/26/2002 18:56:57
Thanks for all the advice. However, the proposed site is expected to have about 100 pages and my client wants it to be special to him - I cannot use an existing theme. Therefore a further question: how do I make the navigation tools, components (eg.webbot)of FP work with my new "theme/temlate"?
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RE: Themes - 2/26/2002 19:17:50
Hi Ralph,
I don't think you are understanding what William and LB are telling ya. It's super easy to create a theme by just changing everything in an existing FrontPage theme's properties. For an example http://www.pausmotorsales.com/ IS using a theme, but not one you will see anywhere else. It is a very simplistic theme that only controls background color, font style, and font color.
The site also uses a template. By that I mean that I start working on a new page by opening one that is already done and >save as>type new page name. Make the changes for the new page and save it again.
Another site I did with a modified theme is here http://www.kwpnfm.com/treasuredaysbbq/ Took buttons from one theme, created a different bullet graphic, created a background graphic, etc.. You can do the same thing with any theme you have just replacing the existing graphics and colors with your own.
Hope that helps.
" as God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
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Ralph Westby
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RE: Themes - 2/27/2002 18:24:58
Richard,
Thanks for the insight. I'll try the suggestions that both you and William made.
Ralph
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Ralph Westby
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RE: Themes - 3/10/2002 11:09:22
OK, so I've made my site (and its huge!) and now I want to add a bar of buttons - or a hotspot bar, I haven't yet decided - to the bottom border of most pages. How do I replace the existing text with my buttons or bar?
http://www.alternativevet.org
Any help gratefully received
Ralph
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Ralph Westby
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RE: Themes - 3/10/2002 19:10:11
I must seem terribly thick to other members because no one has given me a reply. However, I need to find out how to put my own buttons in place of FP default text for hyperlinks in a border. Help, please!
Ralph
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Ralph Westby
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RE: Themes - 3/14/2002 14:56:50
Well, I was so busy adding content to my site that I left customizing the theme until now. Each time I find a tutorial it says to modify the theme.
Guess what? I cannot modify the theme because there isn't one. Help!
How do I put buttons or a hotspot button bar in the bottom border of my site?
Please, somebody tell me in simple terms.
Ralph
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Ralph Westby
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RE: Themes - 3/15/2002 5:31:13
Linda,
Thanks very much - just the kind of reply I wanted. I'll try it later today and let you know, how it goes.
Ralph
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Ralph Westby
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RE: Themes - 3/17/2002 19:09:14
Well, Linda, I have had some success in creating a theme, thanks to your helpful comments: You can see my first attempt at http://www.chinnor.net/trial_avmc
One matter that puzzles me is the width of the banner, that I made with MS Image Composer. It is (always) 600 pixels wide whereas most FP banners seem to vary with page width. How do I make mine do that?
Any help much appreciated.
Ralph
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Ralph Westby
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RE: Themes - 3/18/2002 7:34:32
Re. my last post, I forgot to add: I want the banner to have a left and right feature as shown on my test site http://www.chinnor.net/trial_avmc
with the centre of the banner able to expand or contract to suit the browser window. Anybody know how to do it?
Thanks,
Ralph
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LB
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RE: Themes - 3/18/2002 10:51:41
>> Most FP banners vary with page width.
Nope. That would have to do with your page layout. An FP theme banner needs to be a fixed width graphic. To get the look you want you'll need to create a one-row, three column table with one graphic in the first cell, the banner in the middle cell, and the final graphic in the third cell. You can change the table background color to be the same as the theme's banner, if needed.
Linda
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Ralph Westby
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RE: Themes - 3/18/2002 14:06:41
Linda,
OK, I understand what to do. (See my main site for the way I started to structure the site - http://www.alternativevet.org )
However, I was fearful of losing this layout when I opened a "blank" theme and that's what I don't know how to control.
Q. If I remove the existing banner from my copy of "blank", will the theme still work?
Thanks for your patience,
Ralph
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LB
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RE: Themes - 3/18/2002 22:23:37
>> I was fearful of losing this layout when I opened a "blank" theme and that's what I don't know how to control.
The theme has no control over the layout. It only can modify certain elements such as font type, hyperlink colors, and graphics used for nav bars and banners. It cannot modify the layout of those elements.
>> Q. If I remove the existing banner from my copy of "blank", will the theme still work?
The theme should have something for each of the elements (which is why FP has the "blank" ones in there), but you only need to modify the ones you will be using. If you don't want to use the banner you can take it out of your page layout.
Linda
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Ralph Westby
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RE: Themes - 3/19/2002 7:10:37
Linda,
Thanks very much - just the answer I wanted.
I'll try it later today.
Regards,
Ralph
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