How to Remove Theme Meta Tags

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SeanC

I am not using themes on any of my webpages and have made sure that no theme
exists in web. I have left over code in all of my individual pages as
follows:

<meta name="Microsoft Theme" content="none">

Also, if I create a NEW page, it automatically puts the above code in by
default.

1. Is there a way to stop Frontpage from inserting the above code in NEW
pages?

2. Is there an easy way to remove the above code from existing pages without
doing a Find+Replace?

Thanks in advance.
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

Make sure you have also removed all hidden theme folders as well, Tools |
Web Settings | Advanced enable viewing of hidden folder.

Then delete:

_themes
_overlay
_borders (if not using shared borders)
_derived

Then run Tools | Recalculate Hyperlink should remove the meta tag, other
wish you will have the use Search and Replace or you can just leave the line
as it will not cause any problems.

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SeanC

I deleted all folders as suggested except for _derived as I did not have
that folder and _borders as I am using shared borders. I then recalculated
Hyperlinks, but this has made no difference. Any other ideas?
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

If when you create a new page and you see the tag, then there is still a
file in your web that is using a theme.

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SeanC

Well, I just discovered I do have a _derived folder. It shows up outside
of Frontpage, but not when in Frontpage. I checked and definately have
enabled "Show Hidden Files and Folders" in Advanced settings. I unchecked
it and rechecked just to make sure. I also do not see the _vti_cnf and
_vti_pvt folders.

Is there some other setting for not displaying hidden folders??? I remember
seeing that folder under Frontpage 2002. I suppose I should mention that I
am now using Frontpage 2003.
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

You will never or should never see any of the _vti folder from within FP.
The _derived folder should have been visible once you enabled viewing of
hidden directories. Sound like your upgrade didn't go well or you have
problems that you were not aware of under FP2002.

The only solution I can think of is to open each page and removing any theme
tags.

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SeanC

Thanks for the suggestions. Here is what finally fixed it for me if anyone
stumbles on a similar problem.

As previously noted, I deleted the _themes and _overlay directories. I
found out that the _derived folder is supposed to be hidden by default
within Frontpage so, I did not worry about that directory.

I then opened a .htm file and then went to Format+Theme and chose to Apply
"No Theme" as the default website theme. Now, all NEW pages that I open do
not put in the theme META tag. I then had to use a Find+Replace to remove
all occurences of the empty META tag data.
 
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