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11. .inf File

Here comes more complicated, detail-oriented stuff. First, open up your .inf file in a text editor like NotePad. (Double-clicking on the .inf file should automatically open up NotePad.)

It will look something like this:

Edit the file so that it looks like this (comments are green so don't include them; replace what's in dark blue):

[info]
title=Title of your web template 
description=Description of your web template 
structure=nameOfTheme.map - same name as this .inf file
theme=nameOfTheme 111 - 111 means that Active Graphics, Vivid Colors, and the Background are turned on. 000 means that they are turned off. You may use combinations of 0s and 1s (101, 001, etc.)
border=tbl - Top, Bottom, Left shared borders are turned on. Delete a letter to turn them off.
[FileList]
default.htm= Replace these files with yours. See below for details.
about.htm=
services.htm=
contact.htm=
links.htm=
products.htm=
support.htm=
jobs.htm=
readme.htm=
images\keyboard.gif=images/keyboard.gif
images\mouse.gif=images/mouse.gif
images\corner.gif=images/corner.gif
images\bottom_left_violet.gif=images/bottom_left_violet.gif
images\bottom_violet.gif=images/bottom_violet.gif
images\bottombg_violet.gif=images/bottombg_violet.gif
images\globalbg.gif=images/globalbg.gif
images\spacer.gif=images/spacer.gif
images\top02.gif=images/top02.gif
images\vert_bottom_violet.gif=images/vert_bottom_violet.gif
images\vert_top_violet.gif=images/vert_top_violet.gif
images\verticalbg_violet.gif=images/verticalbg_violet.gif

For the file list...

  • For files not in any subfolders, just type: filename.htm=
  • For any files in subfolders, including your images, type: subfolderName\filename.htm=subfolderName/filename.htm

Here is what we did for the BabyBlue .inf file:

 

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