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SPWeb.ApplyTheme Method

SharePoint 2010

Applies a theme to a website.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)
Available in Sandboxed Solutions: Yes
Available in SharePoint Online
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public void ApplyTheme(
	string strNewTheme
)

Parameters

strNewTheme
Type: System.String
The template ID of the new theme that is specified in the SpThemes.xml file of the \\ProgramFiles\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\14\Template\Layouts\1033 folder.

Caution note Caution

Use this method only when the UI is in backward compatibility mode (SPWeb.UIVersion = 3).

This method sets the Theme property to the name of the theme specified by strNewTheme.

The following code example applies a specified theme to a site in the current site collection.

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using (SPWeb oWebsite = SPContext.Current.Site.OpenWeb("Website_URL"))
{
    oWebsite.ApplyTheme("Theme_ID");
}
NoteNote

Certain objects implement the IDisposable interface, and you must avoid retaining these objects in memory after they are no longer needed. For information about good coding practices, see Disposing Objects.

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What to do when UIVersion = 4
Since this function only works when UIVersion = 3, you should use the ThmxTheme class found in Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities, in particular the ThmxTheme.ApplyTo method - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee659982.
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