Hello, I am facing this problem when trying to run hugo server -D: sudo hugo server -D Building sites … ERROR 2020/04/09 15:50:15 Unable to locate template for shortcode "alert" in page "docs/Language/_index.md" ERROR 2020/04/09 15:50:15 Unable to locate template for shortcode "alert" in page "docs…

Your site is… Unable to locate template for shortcode “alert”. Also “blocks”.

Well, I notice that. But what exactly that means?

It means your content is referencing a shortcode, but there is no shortcode template in your project. [image] Shinran_Amida: But what exactly that means? I wasn’t expecting this, because a shortcode is used when a person wants to include it in their content. So, like, is this your content? I…

I was trying to put my old wordpress on Hugo. I made the exportation process, extracted all content at the folder, installed a theme and tried to run… and this was the error that I received…

Okay. Please refer to Requesting Help . Please search the forums and the docs with your error messages to find the relevant documentation. :slight_smile: [image] Hugo Documentation Hugo is the world's fastest static website engine. It's written in Go (aka Golang) and developed by bep, spf…

Well, I made my research before post here, but whatever I saw that this are not going anywhere. Thank you for your attention.

Unable to locate template for shortcode

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maiki April 9, 2020, 10:54pm 6

Okay. Please refer to Requesting Help.

Please search the forums and the docs with your error messages to find the relevant documentation.

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