Apply a theme to the current page

A theme is a collection of unified design elements and color schemes. You can apply a theme to the current page so that your page has an attractive appearance. The theme's styles, colors, and graphics will replace those that are currently being used.

After applying a theme to the current page rather than to the web, the page will no longer use the web's default theme setting. Therefore, any theme changes you apply to the web (the All pages option) will not affect this page, but rather only those pages that are using the default setting. To set a page to use the web's default theme setting, apply the Default theme to the page.

1. In Page view, open the page to which you want to apply a theme.
2. On the Format menu, click Theme.

   Under Apply Theme to, Selected pages is selected.

3. In the list, click the theme you want to apply (to apply the web's default theme setting, click Default). A preview of the theme is displayed under Sample of Theme.

   You can also select any of the following check boxes to set the appearance of the theme:

   • To use a bright color scheme, select the Vivid colors check box. Clear this check box to use the normal color set.
   • To use a lively set of banners, buttons, bullets, and other graphical elements, select the Active graphics check box. For example, select this check box if you want to use hover buttons instead of plain buttons. Clear this check box to use the normal graphic set.
   • To use a background picture, select the Background picture check box.
   • To use an external style sheet with the theme (rather than reformatting the page's HTML code to apply the theme), select the Apply using CSS check box. You should also select this check box if you are using a theme for which you have modified the styles. However, this feature is not supported in older Web browsers or on FrontPage 98 Web servers.

     Note   When this check box is selected, horizontal lines will not be displayed.

Apply a theme to selected pages

After you apply a theme to selected pages rather than to the web, these pages will no longer use the web's default theme setting. Therefore, any theme changes you apply to the web (the All pages option) will not affect these selected pages, but rather only those pages that use the default setting. To set a page to use the web's default theme setting, apply the Default theme to the selected page.

1. In Folder view, select the pages to which you want to apply a theme.
2. On the Format menu, click Theme.
3. Click Selected pages.
4. In the list, click the theme you want to apply (to apply the web's default theme setting, click Default). A preview of the theme is displayed under Sample of Theme.

   You can also select any of the following check boxes to set the appearance of the theme:

   • To use a bright color scheme, select the Vivid colors check box. Clear this check box to use the normal color set.
   • To use a lively set of banners, buttons, bullets, and other graphical elements, select the Active graphics check box. For example, select this check box if you want to use hover buttons instead of plain buttons. Clear this check box to use the normal graphic set.
   • To use a background picture, select the Background picture check box.
   • To use an external style sheet with the theme (rather than reformatting the page's HTML code to apply the theme), select the Apply using CSS check box. You should also select this check box if you are using a theme for which you have modified the styles. However, this feature is not supported in older Web browsers or on FrontPage 98 Web servers.

     Note   When this check box is selected, horizontal lines will not be displayed.

Apply a theme to a web

When you choose a theme for a web, the theme becomes the default setting for all pages in the web, and the theme will be applied automatically to new pages.

1. On the Format menu, click Theme.
2. Click All pages.
3. In the list, click the theme you want to apply. A preview of the theme is displayed under Sample of Theme.

   You can also select any of the following check boxes to set the appearance of the theme:

   • To use a bright color scheme, select the Vivid colors check box. Clear this check box to use the normal color set.
   • To use a lively set of banners, buttons, bullets, and other graphical elements, select the Active graphics check box. For example, select this check box if you want to use hover buttons instead of plain buttons. Clear this check box to use the normal graphic set.
   • To use a background picture, select the Background picture check box.
   • To use an external style sheet with the theme (rather than reformatting the page's HTML code to apply the theme), select the Apply using CSS check box. You should also select this check box if you are using a theme for which you have modified the styles. However, this feature is not supported in older Web browsers or on FrontPage 98 Web servers.

     Note   When this check box is selected, horizontal lines will not be displayed.

Note   If you have applied theme settings to individual pages, these pages no longer use the web's default theme setting. Therefore, any theme changes you apply to the web will not affect all pages in the web, just those pages that are using this default setting. To set a page to use the default theme setting, apply the Default theme to the selected page.