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#1

Hello

I feel a little stupid right now: I created two sites for a new website: the default site for English and the second for German.

For both sites I selected the installed and enabled theme.

The theme consists of the file “default.htm”, which currently consists only of an HTML framework.

When I access the page I can expect a blank page. Instead, the message “Page Not Found” appears. The message comes from the CMS.

It’s probably some small mistake, but I don’t check it. Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

Cheers

#2

Hey @martin.schaible

Did you use a URL prefix for the German site?

#3

Hi @martin.schaible

can you share the content of your default.htm page here ?

#4

Yes, i followed the instructions from the tutorial Video.

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#5

Hi @chris

This is the content:

<!doctype html>
<html lang="de">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

    <meta name="author" content="{{ this.page.meta_author }}">
    <meta name="copyright" content="">
    <meta name="description" content="{{ this.page.meta_description }}">
    <meta name="keywords" itemprop="keywords" content="{{ this.page.meta_keywords }}">
    <meta name="robots" content="index"/>    
    
    <!-- Google Site Verification -->
    <meta name="google-site-verification" content="">
    
    <!-- Favicon -->

    <title>{{ this.page.title }} - The Greens Guest House</title>
</head>

<body>
</body>
</html>

Not much, so simple :slight_smile:

Thanks!

#6

Thanks @martin.schaible

Can I confirm that you have the following setup in your theme:

you have a default layout.
you have the landing page that refers to the default layout.

you can see examples in the demo theme for exemple.

the default layout file layouts/default.htm

##
description = "Default layout"
==
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        {% partial 'site/head/head-meta' %}
        <title>October CMS - {{ this.page.meta_title ?: placeholder('pageTitle') }}</title>
        <meta name="description" content="{{ this.page.meta_description }}">
        <meta name="title" content="{{ this.page.meta_title }}">
        {% partial 'site/head/head-links' %}
        {% partial 'site/head/head-scripts' %}
        {% partial 'site/head/analytics-code' %}
    </head>
    <body class="{{ 'page-'~this.page.id }}">

        <!-- Header -->
        <header id="layout-header">
            {% partial 'site/header' %}
        </header>

        {% partial 'site/flash-messages' %}

        <!-- Content -->
        <section id="layout-content">
            {% page %}
        </section>

        <!-- Footer -->
        <footer id="layout-footer">
            {% partial 'site/footer' %}
        </footer>

    </body>
</html>

and a page using this layout and defining its url:

##
title = "Demonstration"
url = "/"
layout = "default"
meta_title = "Welcome"

==
<!--the html code for the index page goes here -->
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#7

Hello

I feel pretty stupid right now. Of course, the home page was missing.
Sorry for wasting your time. I’m standing in the corner now, feeling ashamed.

Cheers!

#8

That’s ok, it happens to the best of us!

#9

There is nothing wrong about asking for help :slightly_smiling_face:
happy coding !