What is a Global Theme?

Answer:

A Global Theme is available to all the Web Sites on your Web Server.

For a File System based web site, follow these steps to create and implement a Global Theme

1)Create a Folder in this path

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\ASP.NETClientFiles\themes

example: create a SkinFile Folder below the themes folder.


2)Create a .skin file in the SkinFile folder.
save the file.


3)specify one skin in the .skin file
example:
<asp:TextBox runat="server" BackColor="LightBlue"/>

4)To attach the SkinFile Folder with a File System based web site:

a)Open a File System based web site:

b)Paste a web server control TextBox on the .aspx page

c)In the Page Directive, add this attribute :

Theme="SkinFile"

5)Run the .aspx page. The BackColor of TextBox will be LightBlue.