HTML and BS5 Template

Developing with Concrete
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Have a client that has decided to move onto V9. So, we are trying to get a basic handle on V9.

We have a template with BS5 and are trying to simply setup the theme in V9. Elemental is BS3 so that is of no help at all (already know how to do this), but we want to use BS5.

Basically followed the steps we used in V8. Activated theme, go to site and get nothing on the screen, no errors, no content etc..

I understand things have changed but google is of no help in converting html theme to V9 (all searches return Legacy Docs/Vids).

I’ve prepended all the assets with

<?= $view->getThemePath() ?>/

and viewed source page, it is blank (i.e. nothing there).

Is there a basic primer or starter thread we can use to get going on this.

2

It’s worth noting that themes built for V8 will work with v9, so unless there’s a must-have reason for moving to Bootstrap 5, you could stick with version 3 if that’s what you’re comfortable with.

If you’re getting a blank page, you might still have an error, but perhaps PHP is not showing you or is noo configured to show you.

You may have already found this link:

But it’s the only one I’m aware of.

I found setting up node.js/npm a royal pain, but once I’d got it working, it was sweet.

3

In my opinion, there’s no reason to upgrade Bootstrap version unless you have decided to change the design of your site.

Here’s an example theme that still uses Bootstrap 3 but works on V9.

Hope it helps you.

4

Have you added the header and footer php tags, that concrete needs?

<?php
        View::element('header_required', [
            'pageTitle' => isset($pageTitle) ? $pageTitle : '',
            'pageDescription' => isset($pageDescription) ? $pageDescription : '',
            'pageMetaKeywords' => isset($pageMetaKeywords) ? $pageMetaKeywords : ''
        ]);
        ?>

And

<?php   Loader::element('footer_required'); ?>

Also have you cleared cache?