Exception #0 (Magento\Framework\Config\Dom\ValidationException): Element 'css': This element is not expected

Question

Upgrading from Magento 2.1.7 to 2.2.0 PHP 7.0 MySQL 5.6

Through command line I've run these commands and had no hiccups until I looked at the front end: bin/magento maintenance:enable composer require magento/product-community-edition 2.2.0 --no-update composer update rm -rf var/cache/* rm -rf var/page_cache/* rm -rf var/generation/* chmod +x bin/magento bin/magento setup:upgrade bin/magento maintenance:disable

I get this error message, I'm new to Magento and just an ecommerce manager, I'm updating due to some vulenrabilities, if anyone can help it would be great:

1 exception(s): Exception #0 (Magento\Framework\Config\Dom\ValidationException): Element 'css': This element is not expected. Line: 721

Exception #0 (Magento\Framework\Config\Dom\ValidationException): Element 'css': This element is not expected. Line: 721

Answer 1

It sounds as if there's a layout file which has a <css> node where it shouldn't be. If you're using bash/zsh, run the grep command below and it should point you in the right direction as to where <css> elements are (assuming the theme is within app/design/frontend/)

grep -r -i --include \*.xml '<css' app/design/frontend/