FP98: Shared Borders and Theme Lost When Importing Page

ID: Q187820

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SYMPTOMS

When you import a page from another Web, that page loses its shared borders and the theme that has been applied to the original Web. Even if a theme or a shared border has been applied to the Web, the page assumes the theme and borders of the Web into which it has been imported.


CAUSE

This behavior occurs because this setting is stored in the Web not in the individual page. So, when the page is imported, none of the settings are carried over.


WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, reapply the settings to the imported page after you import it into the new Web. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Open the page in FrontPage Editor.


  2. On the Format menu, click Themes.


  3. Click Use Selected Theme.


  4. Apply the theme you want.


After you have applied the theme, you will also need to restore your shared borders.

To restore shared borders:
  1. Open the _borders directory of the original Web.


  2. Select all files in the _borders directory. Right-click on the files and select Copy from the menu.


  3. Open the _borders directory of the new Web.


  4. Right-click inside the _borders directory of the new Web and select Paste from the menu. If you receive a message asking if you want to overwrite existing files, say yes.


  5. In FrontPage Editor, open a page in the new Web that should contain shared borders.


  6. Reapply shared borders by selecting Shared Borders from the Tools menu in FrontPage Editor.




For additional information about using shared borders, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q173435 FP98: What are Shared Borders and How to Enable, Disable Them

Additional query words: 98 borders themes 


Keywords          : fptheme 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: July 12, 1999