# CMS Blog on my new website

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285>\
**Category:** Elements CMS\
**Created:** [August 27, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285 "2025-08-27T19:59:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrTablet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/mrtablet/32/21819_2.png) [@mrTablet](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mrTablet)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285/1 "2025-08-27T19:59:21Z")

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After publishing my new website, I’m having an issue with the CMS Blog. When I preview in Elements, everything works as expected, but once I publish to the server, my blog does not appear. It only shows as in the image below. I’ve reviewed all my md-files but can’t find any errors. Link: [Kaffesystemer | Blogg](https://kaffesystemer.no/blogg/)

 ![Blogg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/6/3/638243c6ba3c718665051344046e9b011ab3c723.webp)

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285/2 "2025-08-27T20:04:26Z")

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It’s hard to diagnose without seeing the project, can you share a link via Elements Cloud?

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**Author:** ![mrTablet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/mrtablet/32/21819_2.png) [@mrTablet](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mrTablet)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285/3 "2025-08-27T20:12:34Z")

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I have send you an e-mail.

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**Author:** ![mrTablet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/mrtablet/32/21819_2.png) [@mrTablet](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mrTablet)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285/4 "2025-08-28T06:29:23Z")

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Hi @dan

I found this error\_log file in the blog folder on the server. Does it tell you anything?  
[error\_log.txt](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/uploads/short-url/2reQq2khMVU6qTXOwJymoRZbV8m.txt) (100.4 KB)

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285/5 "2025-08-28T10:11:41Z")

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Hi @mrTablet,

I had a closer look at your project, and one clear issue is that your custom component includes `<body>`, `<head>`, and `<!doctype>` tags. These should **never** be part of a custom component, as they’re already handled by the main page. Including them inside a component will confuse browsers and cause rendering problems.

 ![CleanShot 2025-08-28 at 11 .00.41@2x](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/9/0/90a0d598f204d76adf17a768fd344f6a8bebaab8.jpeg)

Change that top portion of code I have highlighted in the above screenshot to the following:

```auto
@portal(headEnd)
<style>
#gdpr-banner {
    position: sticky;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    background-color: #f0f0f0;
    padding: 10px;
    text-align: center;
    z-index: 1000; /* Sørg for at banneret er over annet innhold */
    }
  #gdpr-popup {
    display: none;
    position: fixed;
    top: 50%;
    left: 50%;
    transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
    background-color: white;
    padding: 20px;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
    z-index: 1000;
  }
</style>
@endportal

```

_btw. I’m using the [@portal](https://docs.realmacsoftware.com/elements-docs/elements-language/component/language/portal) syntax to transport the styles to the area of the page where it belongs._

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I also looked at the log file, and it essentially says “The server’s PHP is missing the **mbstring** extension”. However, before we try and tackle that (as it may be a red herring) let’s first see if fixing your custom component fixes the blog for you.

Let me know how you get on with those changes.

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**Author:** ![mrTablet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/mrtablet/32/21819_2.png) [@mrTablet](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mrTablet)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285/6 "2025-08-28T10:24:04Z")

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> [@dan](#):
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> custom component

Canged custom component. Didn’t fix the problem.

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**Author:** ![mrTablet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/mrtablet/32/21819_2.png) [@mrTablet](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mrTablet)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285/7 "2025-08-28T10:28:15Z")

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Hi @dan  
I enabled **mbstring** and now the blog works 🙂  
Thank you so much for your help!

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285/8 "2025-08-28T10:29:25Z")

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Woohoo, I’m so pleased we got there in the end 🎉

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**Author:** ![upssjw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/upssjw/32/26063_2.png) [@upssjw](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/upssjw)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285/9 "2025-08-28T15:45:00Z")

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very nice site, just a question individual blog items text are very greyed, was this meant

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**Author:** ![mrTablet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/mrtablet/32/21819_2.png) [@mrTablet](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mrTablet)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285/10 "2025-08-28T15:51:02Z")

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Hi @dan

> [@upssjw](#):
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> individual blog items text are very greyed, was this meant

Yes.

 ![Paragraph](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/b/6/b65a8d78f62b2c50081acbcccacaf504286de055.webp)

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**Author:** ![upssjw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/upssjw/32/26063_2.png) [@upssjw](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/upssjw)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285/11 "2025-08-28T15:57:27Z")

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it looks like this just in case didn’t explain properly, ignore me if this was intended, I will delete if you need me too

 ![CleanShot 2025-08-28 at 16.55.49@2x](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/b/7/b753e7b1fa622048949c6cf131cc0aa30b8f5e28.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![mrTablet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/mrtablet/32/21819_2.png) [@mrTablet](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mrTablet)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285/12 "2025-08-28T16:00:11Z")

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Strange! This is how it looks on my PC and Mobile

 ![Blog](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/d/d/dd65fe01a1713191ec2fab0edb95770c216ae2a9.webp)

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**Author:** ![upssjw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/upssjw/32/26063_2.png) [@upssjw](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/upssjw)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285/13 "2025-08-28T16:22:53Z")

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Not sure but my laptop is always in dark mode is yours in dark mode

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**Author:** ![upssjw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/upssjw/32/26063_2.png) [@upssjw](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/upssjw)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285/14 "2025-08-28T16:55:51Z")

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I switched to light mode and it is the same as yours now, but I leave in dark mode

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**Author:** ![mrTablet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/mrtablet/32/21819_2.png) [@mrTablet](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mrTablet)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285/15 "2025-08-28T17:14:16Z")

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My mistake. Forgot to adjust for Dark Mode 🫣

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**Author:** ![upssjw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/upssjw/32/26063_2.png) [@upssjw](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/upssjw)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285/16 "2025-08-28T17:19:20Z")

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we all forget something, the site looks great

just another point did you mean this or is it a dark mode issue

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**Author:** ![mrTablet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/mrtablet/32/21819_2.png) [@mrTablet](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mrTablet)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285/17 "2025-08-28T18:00:58Z")

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I’ll have to check this out more. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![upssjw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/upssjw/32/26063_2.png) [@upssjw](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/upssjw)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285/18 "2025-08-28T18:12:33Z")

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perhaps switch to dark mode on mac

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**Author:** ![upssjw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/upssjw/32/26063_2.png) [@upssjw](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/upssjw)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285/19 "2025-08-28T18:14:05Z")

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I switched to light mode and the menu is fine

I can only use dark mode now so long using it

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**Author:** ![PLM](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/plm/32/31094_2.png) [@PLM](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PLM)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-on-my-new-website/50285/20 "2025-08-29T17:31:28Z")

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Have a look at some of your blogg photos. This one seems to be a very large png file - [Kaffesystemer blogg - Smaker kaffen ikke like godt som før? Start med å rense maskinen!](https://kaffesystemer.no/blogg/innlegg/?item=smaker-kaffen-ikke-like-godt-som-for-start-med-aa-rense-maskinen) - @mrTablet

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