Creating Web Parts for SharePoint Portal Server 2003

http://www.sharepointcustomization.com/resources/tutorials/LAB%20DEV-2%20Creating%20Web%20Parts%20for%20SharePoint.doc

Checklist for Testing SharePoint Web Parts

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/odc_SP2003_ta/html/Office_SharePointWebPartsTestingChecklist.asp

Best Practices for Developing Web Parts

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/odc_sp2003_ta/html/ODC_WSSWebPartTips.asp

Create a WSS Theme

1. Open FrontPage 2003, Click on Format -> Theme -> then on the task pane that opens you can either modify an existing theme and save it, save it with a different name, or click “Create a new theme…” at the bottom of the task pane.
2. Then on the screen that opens you can modify the colors, text, fonts… and then click “Save As” and just save it in the default location and give it a one word name.
3. The theme will be saved in C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Microsoft\Themes\
4. Then go to http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;295409&Product=fp2000 create the Unpack_elm.vbs script, place it in the folder from #3 and run it. Then delete the vbs file out of that folder once the files have been unpacked.
5. Copy the entire folder to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\60\template\themes.
6. Open C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\60\template\layouts\1033\spthemes.xml with NotePad.
7. Add a template by adding the lines below

<>

<>halloween (this value should match the name of the folder you copied)

<> Halloween (this value can be anything, it will be displayed to the user)

<> Description (again any value is fine, this value is unused by SharePoint)

<>../images/thice.png (this image won’t be used and so you can use this value or leave it blank)

<>../images/thice.gif

< /Templates>

8. Perform an iisreset on the SharePoint server and now when you choose to Apply a Theme to a site your custom theme will be listed and you can apply it.