I’ve created a CMS folder (could have been any name), and a subfolder for blog post. Created to .md files inside the folder. Then created a collection and set the item to {{item.body}}. Then this. See video . What am I missing?

Is your “Advanced” project setting set to php instead of html?

make sure you have the same markdown frontmatter in your .md-files they are still different

I’m using one .md file with this front matter: [_Cleanshot - Who Is Numeric Citizen.elements@2025-08-09@08.59.46@2x-optimised.png] The page where I’m testing the collection component is .html, but changing it to .php creates another set of errors [_Cleanshot - Scratch Space@2025-08-09@09.01.57@…

I have found the solution: .php was indeed required AND the {{Item.body}} should have been in lowercase {{item.body}}

[image] numericcitizen: I’m using one .md file with this front matter Your video showed two! :wink: Glad you got it sorted. :+1:

yeah, for testing purposes, I removed one to see if the issue would disappear using only one file.

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logrunner (Jon) August 9, 2025, 11:55am 4

As @Pegasus states, the front matter needs to be consistent for all the markdown files: see - Fatal Error - Missing Frontmatter Tag? - #4 by ben

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