FP 2003 has replaced many themes used in FP 2002 /2000 (removed them on install)
See
http://sbrenjoy.bizland.com/frontpage/themes/newthemes.html
If your theme was applied to an online Published Site open the live site in FP and Publish it to your local to get the old the
locally
--
| Thanks for the help, but the sites are on my local PC, and they don't open
| properly. Fortunately I have copies of the sites. If I just double click on
| them, they open fine in Internet explorer. However, If I try to open the
| site in FP2003, I get the message - 'FrontPage needs to add information to
| your folder in order to help manage your Hyperlinks and other Web site
| content.' If I tick yes, then it opens as just lots of text, with no buttons
| etc. If I tick no, it says 'Server error - the url c:\... is not contained
| within a Windows sharepoint Services site.'
|
| "Thomas A. Rowe" wrote:
|
| > If the sites are on you local PC, the same PC with FP2003, just open them in FP2003 and the themes
| > will be imported into FP2003. If you are importing the sites from web host, then you will loose the
| > structure of the web site. If the sites are hosted on a server that has the FP extensions, then you
| > need to open the site directly in FP on the live/remote server and then publish them back to your
| > local machine.
| >
| > --
| > ==============================================
| > Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
| >
| > FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| > ==============================================
| > To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
| >
http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| >
| > | > > I've just purchased Frontpage 2003, and am encountering serious problems. I
| > > have some sites that were created in FP200. When I try to open them, all the
| > > theme information has disappeared (eg buttons, background, headers etc.) If
| > > I put in a new theme then the buttons etc reappear, but I have sites where I
| > > have drastically edited the themes, & created my own buttons etc, and I can't
| > > get these to work at all. Is there anything I can do, or has Microsoft
| > > stuffed me again?
| >
| >
| >