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ProChrome

About this Theme Package

The ProChrome Computer theme package features an unusual layout of metal "pipes" framing the content area. Home and Email buttons are incorporated into the layout (they may be removed) and computer imagery and classic blue colors make this theme package a popular favorite. A splash page is included in the web template and may be customized with your logo and company name. This theme package has been tested to work in Internet Explorer and Netscape 4.7. This theme comes in other colors and versions as well. 

Installing

This theme comes with an Installer that will automatically install the theme and template files into the correct places on your computer so that you can access them from FrontPage. After downloading the .exe (usually to your desktop), double-click it to run the installer (make sure FrontPage is closed). Please go to "How to Use" to see what to do after you have installed your template and to make sure that your installation has succeeded.

Troubleshooting

If the installation fails, you can still place your files manually.

  1. First, create a new temporary folder on your desktop. Right-click on the .exe file and select "Extract To..." Browse to your new temporary folder and extract the files there.
  2. Now open Windows Explorer and go to the new folder. You will see some various files and folders. The folders will be labeled for the version of FrontPage that you are using (fp2000, fp2002). Go ahead and open the folder that corresponds to your version of FrontPage.
  3. You will see three folders: Pages, Themes, and Webs. In each of these folders- is another folder:
    • Pages\prochrome.tem
    • Themes\prochrome-blue-
    • Webs\prochrome_computer.tem
  4. Right-click on the inner folders (prochrome_computer.tem, prochrome-blue-, prochrome_computer.tem) and select Copy. You will want to Paste these inner folders to:
    • Pages\prochrome.tem >> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033\Pages\prochrome.tem
    • Themes\prochrome-blue- >> C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Themes\prochrome-blue-
    • Webs\prochrome_computer.tem >> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033\Webs\prochrome_computer.tem

On rare occasions when you have the installer icon on your desktop and are trying to run it, the installer fails because you have another program named the same as ours somewhere on your computer that is running instead of our installer. In this case, just make a new folder on your desktop, drag the .exe into the folder, and try to run it from there.

How to Use

After you have run the installer, open FrontPage. You may now use the template to create a new web:

  1. Go to File > New > Web (FP2000) or File > New > Page or Web (FP2002). In FP2002, click "Web Site Templates" in the right column.
  2. Choose the "ProChrome Computer" template. If the ProChrome Computer template does not show up in your list of templates, the installation may have failed. Check the locations in Step 4 above to see if the files are there. If not, follow the directions above.
  3. After choosing the "ProChrome Computer" template, specify the location for your new web. Click OK. FrontPage will now make your web!
  4. Open one of the pages and go to File > Preview in Browser. You may choose Internet Explorer. This will help you to see what the web will look like in a browser.
  5. Still in your browser, read carefully through the web template to learn how to add pages, delete pages, rename pages, etc.
  6. One last thing: Do not drag on the table lines of this theme! This will cause your page to "freeze" so that it no longer resizes properly.

Common Questions

When I open the template in normal view, there is a blank box over the left graphic.

The page layout contains an inner table so that you can put text over the background keyboard image. Some versions of Netscape will do weird things with the background image, so the table has a "fix" where its background image is a transparent gif. FrontPage will render this as a blank box. If you go to File > Preview in Browser, it should look fine.

If you have questions that are not found here, please email support@johngaltstools.com.