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Free SharePoint 2007 Themes

A while back Microsoft released 10 new SharePoint 2007 themes (for MOSS or WSS).  They look pretty good (see screenshots below), but they packaged them in a very strange way.  Instead of releasing them as WSP packages for end users to install, they released them as Visual Studio projects requiring a developer to compile them into packages to be deployed.

Download the original samples from Microsoft

While I see a lot of value in having sample code for theme deployment, most SharePoint admins don't have all the tools required to compile these into a usable format. That means the above download is basically unusable for anyone who doesn't have these tools.

A guy named Daniel Brown made the WSP packages available, but all the links are now dead (it has been a while).  I have the tools, but even I was annoyed that I had to open each project, compile/package them, and then deploy.  So... I have decided to release the packages myself!  I've looked through the EULA included with the original download and I don't think I'm in violation, but I'm sure I'll soon find out if I am!

I have not modified a single image or line of code from the samples.  All I did was package them up to provide to you along with the instructions to make these a part of your server. Having said that, WireBear claims no ownership or credit for these themes nor do we provide any guarantee of success, warranty, support, etc.  But they are free...

The Themes

There are 10 Themes available.  I have provided a separate download for each one, but at the end of the article you can find a link to download them together.  Once again, please note the Screenshots are from Microsoft and we claim no ownership!

Team Theme

StartUp Theme

Sporting Theme

Publishing

Procurement Theme

OARP Theme

Events Theme

Corporate Theme

Contoso Theme

Construction Theme

Installation

To install these, you can either use the stsadm tool and add, deploy and activate them like any other feature  or you can run the included setup.bat to have the theme installed for you (may have to play with the options depending on your setup).  Please note that activating these themes will set it as the current theme for the target site.

Download All Theme Packages