yii2 framework applying a new theme

Question

I've gone through the steps in the guide, however my request to index.php gives me "Object not found!"

I have created dirs:

• themes/ directory in /web/
• basic/ directory in /web/themes/
• moved all files from /web/* to /web/themes/basic/
• moved views/ directory to /web/themes/basic/

• have the web.php changed to

  'components' => [
      'view' => [
          'theme' => [
              'pathMap' => ['@app/views' => '@app/themes/basic/views'],
              'baseUrl' => '@web/themes/basic/views',
          ]
      ],
  

and my AppAsset.php is like

public $basePath = '@webroot';
public $baseUrl = '@web';

Where I could go wrong? Also, in cases like this, how can I use debugging?

Answer 1

The guide does not tell you to create the directory @web/themes, it tells you to create @app/themes. So you have created the theme folder in the wrong place. The reason why you should NOT have it in @web is that the entire @web folder is opened to the public, your themes are php files and should not be opened to the public.

@web is basically yourapplicationfolder/web, @app is yourapplicationfolder

In case you use the advanced template yourapplicationfolder is either frontend or backend. Also when I used the theme I configure it like this

'view' => [
            'theme' => [
                'pathMap' => [
                    '@app/views' => '@app/assets/theme/views',
                ],
                'baseUrl' => '@web/',
            ],
        ],

Notice that I still have 'baseUrl' => '@web/',