A couple of weeks ago, I was experimenting with adding a custom container and I originally installed it in /application/themes/atomik/elements/containers but then I simplified things by moving it to /application/elements/containers but I left the Atomik override folder under application without much in it. Today, I go to the Theme Customizer and the thumbnail was missing for the Atomik theme and when I dug down in the customizer and chose my active theme variation, it crashed with a message that it can’t find " /application/themes/atomik/css/presets/default/main.scss.".
Why is it looking in the /application tree and why is it not looking in the core if it can’t find it? When I rename the Atomik folder to atomikXX, it all works as designed so I’ve deleted the Atomik override folder completely. Now I’m afraid to attempt any more overriding of the Atomik theme.
@TMDesigns Just the application/themes/atomik/elements/containers/ad_scroller.php file but that’s gone now. All I have now is an empty /application/themes/atomik folder (only there for testing this problem). The customizer crashes the same way when I choose to customize any of the theme variants IF the site contains an /application/themes/atomik folder even if it’s empty.
@JohntheFish Cleared cache, deleted all files under application/files/cache, tuned on Overrides Cache, turned off Overrides Cache… nothing changes. The only solution I’ve found is to delete the /application/themes/atomik folder.
This is the only site I have on Atomik so I can’t easily test this on another site. I will fire up a localhost instance and check it out on a virgin site.
It does it on a virgin 9.4.6 site. To replicate, install full Atomik site and add an empty /application/themes/atomik folder and try to customize the Atomic theme.
Overriding the core has been the same procedure/philosophy/architecture for forever. If it’s not found under /application/whatever/… then it looks to the core. It’s not looking to the core after it finds an empty Atomik override folder.
Yes, I have looked at cloning article before but it seems fraught with danger for amateurs like me and also, doesn’t removing files from the Atomik folder(s) break the core Atomik theme forever? This fear is why I never tried it.