I modified Microsoft’s Verdant Theme (the lime green one) for my company’s branding purposes. The lime green was the easiest to work with for my purposes. Someone else did the Photoshop mockups of three acceptable theme color combinations for me to implement. No changes were made to the master pages, so I only needed to change image files and css files to make my new themes.
Articles I used for reference:
- http://www.heathersolomon.com/blog/articles/brandsppart1.aspx
- http://www.heathersolomon.com/blog/articles/brandsppart2.aspx
- http://www.sharepointblogs.com/tigirry/archive/2007/07/03/custom-site-theme-for-sharepoint-2007-moss-2007-and-wss-3-0.aspx
Books I used for reference:
- Professional Sharepoint 2007 Design by Wrox – especially chapter 6: Themes
- Office Sharepoint Designer 2007, Step By Step by Microsoft – especially chapter 10: CSS
- Realworld SharePoint 2007 by Wrox – especially chapter 6 by Heather Soloman: Customizing and Branding the SharePoint 2007 Interface