# Theme not loading at all
**URL:** https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/theme-not-loading-at-all/4962
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [September 13, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/theme-not-loading-at-all/4962 "2020-09-13T16:54:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@edapm](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/edapm)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/theme-not-loading-at-all/4962/1 "2020-09-13T16:54:34Z")
Hi, I’ve been making a Statuspage theme for Jekyll, and it was working fine. I built the gem and tried to use it, but it loads a blank page. Any ideas? I’m a Jekyll novice.
> **[forgenst/jekyll-statuspage](https://github.com/forgenst/jekyll-statuspage)**
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> A Status page template for Jekyll. Contribute to forgenst/jekyll-statuspage development by creating an account on GitHub.
> **[forgenst/statuspage-starter](https://github.com/forgenst/statuspage-starter)**
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> Template to use Statuspage theme. Contribute to forgenst/statuspage-starter development by creating an account on GitHub.
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### Author:  [@MichaelCurrin](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/MichaelCurrin)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/theme-not-loading-at-all/4962/2 "2020-09-13T20:56:24Z")
Hi. I made a quickstart theme project using the CLI.
I can recommend my instructions there.
> **[MichaelCurrin/jekyll-theme-quickstart](https://github.com/MichaelCurrin/jekyll-theme-quickstart#1-add-to-config)**
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> Scaffold for a basic Jekyll theme for use as a reference or template - MichaelCurrin/jekyll-theme-quickstart
I see you use remote theme but you have commented out of your config. So turn that back on plus also use remote theme in your plugins list as per my doc.
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### Author:  [@MichaelCurrin](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/MichaelCurrin)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/theme-not-loading-at-all/4962/3 "2020-09-13T21:07:08Z")
I see you’re not hosting on GH pages so don’t need to use remote theme then.
Your `_site` directory is meant to be unversioned but anyway it looks like there is a content in there. So when you say your page is blank, have a look at the HTML in your IDE or browser locally and also on the HTML source on the built site and track down exactly what is and isn’t there and in which environment. Is your page content missing or the theme’s styling?
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### Author:  [@MichaelCurrin](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/MichaelCurrin)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/theme-not-loading-at-all/4962/4 "2020-09-13T21:09:49Z")
And then try some more avenues. What happens if you serve a jekyll site in theme repo itself?
What happens in your starter repo if you add a custom default layout override or replace the theme with minima? Get to a working state where you have more control and then work back to your ideal state
Related to my comment above:
> **Then my second habit is to reduce the parameters and context of the problem to an extreme level.** In a methodical way, I remove the complexity of my problem to arrive in a simple context that works. Finally, I put back parameters one by one until it crashes. When it crashes, I find the culprit, I fix the bug and I don’t insult anyone.
> **[8 developer habits that help you progress](https://www.jesuisundev.com/en/8-developer-habits-that-help-you-progress/)**
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> Over time, I came to understand that the most important thing is a developer is habit. All those little decisions and ways of doing things.
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### Author:  [@edapm](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/edapm)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/theme-not-loading-at-all/4962/5 "2020-09-15T19:13:02Z")
Thanks for your help @MichaelCurrin, I’ll try your ideas out and I’ll post here if I have any more questions or if I solve the problem!
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**UPDATE:**
Theme serves from url, even when baseurl specified
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> Does not take baseurl into account
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### Author:  [@MichaelCurrin](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/MichaelCurrin)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/theme-not-loading-at-all/4962/6 "2020-09-15T20:49:08Z")
Thanks. I added a comment on your bug issue to help