Content missing in custom theme

Developing with Concrete
1

Hi. I created a custom theme. But when I activate it the page’s content is missing.
What have I missed? I’m using the full.php template which pulls default.php.

This is default.php

`<?php
	defined('C5_EXECUTE') or die("Access Denied.");
	$this->inc('elements/header.php');
?>
<main>
<div class="cnt-wrapper">
		<div class="feature-cnt">		
		<!--content -->
	<?php
		$a = new Area('Main Content');
		$a->display($c);
	?>
	
		</div>
		<div class="info-wrapper">
		<div class="info-1">
		<h3 class="media">Sermons on Youtube</h3>
	<?php
		$a = new Area('YouTube Block');
		$a->display($c);
	?>
		</div>
		<div class="info-2">
		<h3 class="media">Facebook Live Streams</h3>
	<?php
		$a = new Area('Facebook Block');
		$a->display($c);
	?>
		</div>
		</div>	
	</div>

</main>
<?php
	$this->inc('elements/footer.php');
?>`
2

The strange thing is if I switch to elemental theme the content shows up. If I switch to my theme it goes missing.

3

I should also note that the elements theme has content blocks in use. When I switch to my theme the content block is missing. Does each theme have it’s own content blocks and content?

4

The standard name for the main area is ‘Main’ not ‘Main Content’ hence when switching to your custom theme, ‘Main’ is not rendered and is now a zombie. So in your code change ‘Main Content’ to just ‘Main’.

As a general rule, when developing a custom theme, always begin by using area names from the default theme, so ‘Main’ ‘Sidebar’ etc. That way you can swap between themes without content disappearing.

Then adopt non-standard area names only once you have gone beyond the default area names.

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5

Thank you my friend. That did the trick.