Submit Feedback
Legacy Knowledge Base
Published Jul. 2, 2025

Liferay Portal stops working after changing the theme to Minium or Speedwell

Written By

Rafael Regner

How To articles are not official guidelines or officially supported documentation. They are community-contributed content and may not always reflect the latest updates to Liferay DXP. We welcome your feedback to improve How To articles!

While we make every effort to ensure this Knowledge Base is accurate, it may not always reflect the most recent updates or official guidelines.We appreciate your understanding and encourage you to reach out with any feedback or concerns.

Legacy Article

You are viewing an article from our legacy "FastTrack" publication program, made available for informational purposes. Articles in this program were published without a requirement for independent editing or verification and are provided"as is" without guarantee.

Before using any information from this article, independently verify its suitability for your situation and project.

Issue

  • When I changed the Current Theme in the Public Pages settings to Minium, Freemarker errors are thrown and Liferay Portal immediately stops working: 
    ERROR [default task-16][runtime:59] Error executing FreeMarker template
    FreeMarker template error:
    The following has evaluated to null or missing:
    ==> commerceThemeMiniumHttpHelper [in template "minium-theme_SERVLET_CONTEXT_/templates/init_custom.ftl" at line 11, column 29]
  • Freemarker errors are also thrown when selecting the Speedwell theme and the same issue occurs: 
    ERROR [default task-8][runtime:59] Error executing FreeMarker template
    FreeMarker template error:
    The following has evaluated to null or missing:
    ==> commerceWishListHttpHelper [in template "speedwell-theme_SERVLET_CONTEXT_/templates/init_custom.ftl" at line 5, column 23]

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 7.3

Resolution

  • The Minium and Speedwell accelerators are very robust Commerce Site Initializers.
  • The Minium and Speedwell themes should not be available for use, if Commerce modules are not activated.
  • Please request a Hotfix with the COMMERCE-5481 to make these themes unavailable.
  • You could also purchase Liferay Commerce to be able to use the Minium and Speedwell themes.

Additional Information

  • Before install the fix, set the appearance of the Public Pages with the Liferay Classic theme.
  • Patching Tool 3.0.22 or higher is required to install the Hotfix.
Did this article resolve your issue ?
Legacy Knowledge Base
Did this article resolve your issue ?