Microsoft FrontPage: Themes Do Not Appear Or Change After A Publish

I can\'t find the theme I just installed. Where is it?

• It will be in your theme list.

  • Be sure you are looking for the correct name (they are in alphabetical order and with a long list of themes, it can sometimes be hard to locate. In our case, all of our themes start with "KEP". So, for example, instead of looking for "FS Blue", you would look for ours as "KEP FS Blue".

  • In FP2000, Check Tools/Page Options and on the Compatibility tab, be SURE that all of the dropdown lists are set to "Custom" and ALL checkboxes are checked. Sometimes themes do not appear because FrontPage thinks they might not be compatible with your chosen options. If you change these options, be SURE to exit and re-start FrontPage. Themes are read when the program is run and not while it is running. Therefore your changes will not take effect until the next time you run FrontPage.

  • FYI:
    Themes in FrontPage 98 (this does NOT apply to FP2000...see below to FP2000 directory location) must be located in a directory (folder) called Themes located under the directory where you installed FP98. If you did not select the default directory when you initially installed FP98, you may have to manually move the theme directory. If you do have to move it, here\'s how:

    • Search for the directory that the new theme was installed into. To do this, search for "kep*.*" (do not use the quotes).

    • IMPORTANT: if the directory has a ".tem" extension, it\'s a template directory. Do NOT move that to the themes directory. See previous question for where template directories must be located.

    • When you find it/them, move them to the Themes directory under the directory where FP98 is installed.

    • If you are running FP98 at the time, CLOSE IT.

    • Next time you open FP98, you will see the theme.

  • In FP 2000/2002, the theme(s) must be located in:

    • C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Themes

    • You can use the same procedure as above to move a theme into the proper directory.

  • In FP 2002, themes are located in:

    • \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Themes\

  • In FP 2003, themes are located in:

    • \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Themes11\