Theming in Sharepoint 2007

Creating Themes in MOSS 2007

On the Sharepointserver open the Themes folder. Default it is located c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\Themes

Make a copy one of the existing theme folders and its contents rename it e.g. MyTheme.

Rename the .INF file within the MyTheme folder to MyTheme.INF

Edit MyTheme.INF. At the info section, Change the title, to MyTheme. In the titles section, rename the names to your new name. this section is to present the name in the different language.

Provide an image to give a preview of your theme. This image should be placed in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\IMAGES. E.g. tmbMyTheme.gif

Modify the c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\Layouts\1033\SPTHEMES.xml to include a reference to the new MyTheme theme.

Modify the css to your needs

reset iis

apply the theme to a test site