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Published Jul. 2, 2025

The selected theme is not retained when importing a site template from another site template

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Kanchan Bisht

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Issue

  • Since the radio option is missing, importing a site template from another template does not maintain the selected theme.
  • Steps to reproduce
    1) Navigate to Control Panel > Sites > Site Templates
    2) Add a site template
    3) Open the site template created in step 2
    4) Navigate to Site Builder > Pages > Configure (Gear button)> Pages: Look and Feel
    5) Click 'Change Current Theme' and select a theme other than the default one
    6) Navigate to Publishing > Export
    7) Export the site template ('Theme Settings' is checked) and download it
    8) Navigate back to Control Panel > Sites > Site Templates
    9) Add a site template
    10)Open the site template created in step 9
    11)Navigate to Publishing > Import
    12)Notice that there are missing radio options compared to importing a Site (Theme Reference Option Missing)
    13)Import the site template exported in step 7
    14)Navigate to Site Builder > Pages > Configure (Gear button)> Pages: Look and Feel
    15)Check the theme setting
    Observed Behavior: The default theme (Classic theme) is selected.
    Expected Behavior: Specified theme in step 5 is selected.

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 7.2
  • Liferay DXP 7.3
  • Liferay DXP 7.4

Resolution

  • The observed behavior is a known issue addressed by LPS-143170, that is already included in Liferay dxp U1.

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