# Developing with Concrete **URL:** https://forums.concretecms.org/c/developing/9.md?page=1 [Latest](https://forums.concretecms.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.concretecms.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.concretecms.org/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [Homepage has wrong page template - can't revert](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/homepage-has-wrong-page-template-cant-revert/9970)
**Author:** [@finelinecreative](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/finelinecreative)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2026, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/homepage-has-wrong-page-template-cant-revert/9970 "2026-06-16T06:20:03Z")
By mistake, I changed the home page to rightside bar template instead of default. But I can’t switch it back - I dont have the option anymore. Any ideas please? --- ## [Setting canonical locks me out](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/setting-canonical-locks-me-out/9967)
**Author:** [@finelinecreative](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/finelinecreative)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/setting-canonical-locks-me-out/9967 "2026-06-14T08:17:44Z")
Under System and Settings I have set the canonical url. But when I go to login, I add my name and pw but then get a Page not found error. Help! Can I solve this through the backend? --- ## [Imported database not linking to new site](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/imported-database-not-linking-to-new-site/9964)
**Author:** [@finelinecreative](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/finelinecreative)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/imported-database-not-linking-to-new-site/9964 "2026-06-13T13:26:32Z")
I have exported my database from an old site (C5.6.4) and imported for use in my updated site (c5.8.9). I get no errors on import but no information shows on the pages when viewed. I have used the same theme structure … --- ## [Uncaught exception Error message help](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/uncaught-exception-error-message-help/9966)
**Author:** [@finelinecreative](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/finelinecreative)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/uncaught-exception-error-message-help/9966 "2026-06-13T12:00:52Z")
Anyone no how to solve this: Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘ADODB\_Exception’ with message 'mysqli error: \[1054: Unknown column ‘logType’ in ‘INSERT INTO’\] in EXECUTE("insert into Logs (logType, logText, logIsInternal,… --- ## [Undefined Method Error](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/undefined-method-error/9963)
**Author:** [@barbedwire](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/barbedwire)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/undefined-method-error/9963 "2026-06-12T15:08:00Z")
Hello all. 1st, some general Info: System: Ubuntu 24.04lts CMS V: 9.4.7 PHP: 8.2.3 Having a bit of a problem. We are building a new theme and am getting this error: An unexpected error occurred. Attempted to call … --- ## [Using SMTP with form send mail](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/using-smtp-with-form-send-mail/9950)
**Author:** [@BT\_AV](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/BT_AV)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/using-smtp-with-form-send-mail/9950 "2026-06-11T14:15:16Z")
Upgrading from 9.4.4 to 9.5 has made all forms not sending mails anymore. Wonderful?! I activated my backup 9.4.4 and everything works fine. After inquiring at my webhoster I learned that PHP mailer will be anyway disc… --- ## [Package on\_start woes (9.5)](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/package-on-start-woes-9-5/9947)
**Author:** [@dbuerer](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/dbuerer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/package-on-start-woes-9-5/9947 "2026-06-05T16:21:36Z")
Two Questions: Has anyone noticed that on\_start of a package controller get’s called multiple times during a page load? Is it supposed to be this way? If so, is there a way to prevent multiple executions? I try wher… --- ## [Creating blog page without extensions/plugins](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/creating-blog-page-without-extensions-plugins/9948)
**Author:** [@finelinecreative](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/finelinecreative)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/creating-blog-page-without-extensions-plugins/9948 "2026-06-05T09:57:14Z")
How do I create a simple blog/news page using the standard C5 tools (no extensions)? --- ## [Upload my own fonts](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/upload-my-own-fonts/9922)
**Author:** [@Krisnestor](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/Krisnestor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/upload-my-own-fonts/9922 "2026-06-04T12:57:19Z")
How can I upload my own fonts or fonts from google? --- ## [Embedded blocks following upgrade to v9.5.1](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/embedded-blocks-following-upgrade-to-v9-5-1/9941)
**Author:** [@phowie74](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/phowie74)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2026, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/embedded-blocks-following-upgrade-to-v9-5-1/9941 "2026-06-02T09:38:20Z")
I had a hard-coded autonav for breadcrumbs and page\_list for sub navigation in my v8 theme templates. These were both using custom templates in the application/blocks override directories and had been working as expected… --- ## [New Package: Matomo Insights](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/new-package-matomo-insights/9945)
**Author:** [@Cahueya](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/Cahueya)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/new-package-matomo-insights/9945 "2026-06-01T19:30:49Z")
Hello Community, I have fiddled a new package: This package will connect to an existing Matomo (https://matomo.org/) Instance and pull analytics data into a dashboard page. The main purpose: You dont have to log in t… --- ## [New Package: Matomo Campaign Links](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/new-package-matomo-campaign-links/9944)
**Author:** [@Cahueya](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/Cahueya)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/new-package-matomo-campaign-links/9944 "2026-06-01T09:05:23Z")
Dear Community, I have fiddled a new package: If you are using Matomo to track the visitors to your website, you can also attack URL parameters to incoming links to better understand where the visitors are coming fro… --- ## [New Package: Social Media Scheduler](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/new-package-social-media-scheduler/9943)
**Author:** [@Cahueya](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/Cahueya)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/new-package-social-media-scheduler/9943 "2026-05-31T13:50:02Z")
Hello Community! I have fiddled together a new package: It is a scheduler for posting to Social Media. You add your channels, set up a message and define the rhythm in which it shall be sent to those channels. I have… --- ## [Proposal: Community-Maintained Skills for Coding Agents in the Concrete CMS Ecosystem](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/proposal-community-maintained-skills-for-coding-agents-in-the-concrete-cms-ecosystem/9764)
**Author:** [@hissy](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/hissy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2026, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/proposal-community-maintained-skills-for-coding-agents-in-the-concrete-cms-ecosystem/9764 "2026-05-26T07:36:44Z")
Hi everyone, I’d like to start a discussion around coding agents and how we, as a community, might collaboratively maintain agent skills within the Concrete CMS ecosystem. Background I’ve published a prototype reposito… --- ## [Chat CTA Package](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/chat-cta-package/9923)
**Author:** [@Cahueya](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/Cahueya)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/chat-cta-package/9923 "2026-05-16T14:19:42Z")
I have fiddled together a little package that allows to easily integrate a WhatsApp-Number to a website. It produces a hovering button which opens a WhatsApp Chat to the number(s) which you have specified in the dashboa… --- ## [Share page types across a multisite](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/share-page-types-across-a-multisite/9843)
**Author:** [@wtflm](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/wtflm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2026, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/share-page-types-across-a-multisite/9843 "2026-05-02T08:35:59Z")
So I’ve been trying to read up on this and while some seem to have had some success, I’m at somewhat of a loss on how to do it. We are building a (v9.4.7) multisite of two sibling domains, sharing a custom theme develope… --- ## [Squash Week Topic](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/squash-week-topic/9872)
**Author:** [@frz](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/frz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/squash-week-topic/9872 "2026-04-30T11:59:32Z")
Just wanted to start a forum thread talking about May the 4th and Squash Week. Mentioned this in the town hall and just posted some more details to the blog: --- ## [CIF XML is not documented in any meaningful way](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/cif-xml-is-not-documented-in-any-meaningful-way/3639)
**Author:** [@sparkymeister](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/sparkymeister)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/cif-xml-is-not-documented-in-any-meaningful-way/3639 "2026-04-29T22:12:36Z")
You guys use Doctrine, right? Look at this docs page: Basic Mapping - Doctrine Object Relational Mapper (ORM) Notice how they document how to do things with attributes, annotations, XML, and YAML? Why don’t you do that … --- ## [Way too many sql queries, especially for page\_not\_found.php](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/way-too-many-sql-queries-especially-for-page-not-found-php/9543)
**Author:** [@losttheplot](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/losttheplot)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/way-too-many-sql-queries-especially-for-page-not-found-php/9543 "2026-04-17T16:44:16Z")
We run a dozen fairly low-traffic concrete cms sites (currently using 9.4.5), all with page-caching enabled, alongside a bespoke, mission-critical ERP on an enterprise-level cluster of high-end servers. For this reason, … --- ## [Writing to a text file](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/writing-to-a-text-file/9869)
**Author:** [@barbedwire](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/barbedwire)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/writing-to-a-text-file/9869 "2026-04-16T17:51:57Z")
This is probably something real simple for the Gurus. In a project we are working, we have a need to write to an ordinary text file (will contain some custom js settings for a slider). I cannot for the life of me find a… --- ## [Development process question / core mods](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/development-process-question-core-mods/9825)
**Author:** [@dbuerer](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/dbuerer)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/development-process-question-core-mods/9825 "2026-04-15T12:04:07Z")
This feels like a stupid question that i should know the answer to but i don’t. So I’ve made a couple of pull minor pull requests to the core which may or may not get implemented. A couple of them fix bugs and one is a… --- ## [Container - Adding custom templates](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/container-adding-custom-templates/9848)
**Author:** [@drbiskit](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/drbiskit)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/container-adding-custom-templates/9848 "2026-04-14T19:16:54Z")
I have multiple containers which work fine, and I want to add alternative versions for each. In edit mode, when I click on a container tab and select ‘Edit container design’, I get the toolbar and I see ‘Block template’… --- ## [Quick fix to improve cropping in the image editor](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/quick-fix-to-improve-cropping-in-the-image-editor/9865)
**Author:** [@mhawke](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/mhawke)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2026, 12:58am UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/quick-fix-to-improve-cropping-in-the-image-editor/9865 "2026-04-11T00:58:36Z")
I was doing a bunch of image cropping yesterday and was frustrated that the cropping sub-menu was obscuring the bottom of the image making it very tough to be productive. There’s a setting in the image editor file (toas… --- ## [Customize View Express Entity URL](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/customize-view-express-entity-url/9849)
**Author:** [@PineCreativeLabs](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/PineCreativeLabs)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 1:37am UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/customize-view-express-entity-url/9849 "2026-04-07T01:37:17Z")
When viewing an Express entity on a detail page, the URL path to view it looks like this: myconcretesite.biz/express-detail-page/view\_express\_entity/entry-id Is there some way to customize the “view\_express\_entity” pa… --- ## [Concrete5.6.x still limping along](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/concrete5-6-x-still-limping-along/9842)
**Author:** [@mesuva](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/mesuva)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/concrete5-6-x-still-limping-along/9842 "2026-04-02T22:45:08Z")
Hey all, in an ideal world all our old concrete5.6.x sites would have been by now replaced with nice shiny V9 versions, but due to all sorts of reasons we either still host or support a bunch. Whilst they are not just … --- ## [Express Add or Change Entry Logger is Null](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/express-add-or-change-entry-logger-is-null/9779)
**Author:** [@bmorr75](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/bmorr75)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/express-add-or-change-entry-logger-is-null/9779 "2026-03-30T20:14:11Z")
I recently upgraded to version 9.4.7 of Concrete CMS from 9.4.4. I’m now getting the error below whenever I add or change an Express entry. I noticed some logging functionality was added in 9.4.6 that seems to be causi… --- ## [Where (namespace+directory) should my application level custom console command go?](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/where-namespace-directory-should-my-application-level-custom-console-command-go/9831)
**Author:** [@revee](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/revee)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2026, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/where-namespace-directory-should-my-application-level-custom-console-command-go/9831 "2026-03-27T07:46:08Z")
Hi all, I’m trying to define a custom command to run from vendor/bin/concrete . I’m trying to register it from bootstrap.app as: if ($console) { $console-\>add($app-\>make(MyCommand::class) } But I can’t figure out … --- ## [Overriding core block controllers in theme](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/overriding-core-block-controllers-in-theme/9841)
**Author:** [@wtflm](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/wtflm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2026, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/overriding-core-block-controllers-in-theme/9841 "2026-03-27T06:19:38Z")
So, we noticed customizing block views is possible from within our theme. We promptly moved our application/blocks stuff into application/themes/client/blocks to keep the customization contained closer together. But then… --- ## [Problem with calling Controller PHP code from single page html/php script](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/problem-with-calling-controller-php-code-from-single-page-html-php-script/9737)
**Author:** [@jphoward](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/jphoward)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/problem-with-calling-controller-php-code-from-single-page-html-php-script/9737 "2026-03-25T20:58:42Z")
Hi There, I am putting together an applications/single\_page process which needs to extract Activity Details from an external database and then allow logged in users the ability to upload one or more files (photos, trip … --- ## [Form entry alert via email](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/form-entry-alert-via-email/9829)
**Author:** [@finelinecreative](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/finelinecreative)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 3:35am UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/form-entry-alert-via-email/9829 "2026-03-19T03:35:45Z")
I have a standard for on my site that records entries to the server. Is there a way to alert me when someone has submitted a form? thanks [Previous page](https://forums.concretecms.org/c/developing/9.md) [Next page](https://forums.concretecms.org/c/developing/9.md?page=2)