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The core assets that I am requiring in page_theme.php won't load when I am not logged in.

I copied and edited the Elemental theme to create a new custom theme in v8.1.0. I noticed that the assets aren't loading because my social media icons in the footer that use font-awesome aren't displaying. They load fine when I am logged in or if I am working in my local environment. However, the assets won't load on the production environment when I am logged OUT. If I activate the Elemental theme, the assets load just fine when I am logged in and out.

I have removed my theme and reinstalled it. I cleared all cache and disabled cache in C5. I cleared my local browser cache.

Here's the start of my page_theme.php.
<?php
namespace Application\Theme\CustomTheme;
use Concrete\Core\Area\Layout\Preset\Provider\ThemeProviderInterface;
use Concrete\Core\Page\Theme\Theme;
class PageTheme extends Theme implements ThemeProviderInterface
{
    public function registerAssets()
    {
        $this->requireAsset('css', 'font-awesome');
        $this->requireAsset('javascript', 'jquery');
        $this->requireAsset('javascript', 'picturefill');
        $this->requireAsset('javascript-conditional', 'html5-shiv');
        $this->requireAsset('javascript-conditional', 'respond');
    }
ngaffer
 
MrKDilkington replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
MrKDilkington
Hi ngaffer,

Your theme handle should use an underscore to separate words and not a hyphen. Changing "mischief-studios" to "mischief_studios" should allow the page_theme.php to load.
ngaffer replied on at Permalink Reply
ngaffer
Thank you MrKDilkington! I spent hours trying to figure this out. An underscore vs a hyphen is such a tedious detail and very easy to overlook.

To fix the issue, I changed the name of my theme directory on my server from "custom-theme" with a hyphen to "custom_theme" with an underscore. Then in the concrete5 admin dashboard under "Pages and Themes" I removed my theme and reinstalled it. Voila! Fixed. The required assets are now loading in the DOM no matter if I am logged in or out.