[Bug] Unable to produce the same look with CoreUI following instructions from docs

[ajcastro]

Bug report

What I did

I have a freshly installed Laravel 8 and install laravel backpack. I am using PHP 8.0

I tried to produce the same CoreUI look based from https://backpackforlaravel.com/docs/4.1/base-how-to#inspired-by-coreui . I copied the following config:

    'header_class' => 'app-header navbar',
    'body_class' => 'app aside-menu-fixed sidebar-lg-show',
    'sidebar_class' => 'sidebar',
    'footer_class' => 'app-footer d-none',

Then I used the blue-bundle.css

'styles' => [
        // 'packages/backpack/base/css/bundle.css', // has primary color electric purple (backpack default)
        'packages/backpack/base/css/blue-bundle.css', // has primary color blue
...

I expect the sidebar to be black but it looks like this instead (in the docs sidebar should be black/dark),

I also noticed that the sidebar_class it does not have sidebar-pills unlike other theme examples. This seems to remove the left margin/padding and result to this: No sidebar-pills, when the sidebar is hidden: Left padding/margin is missing No sidebar-pills, when the sidebar is visible:

So I tried adding sidebar-pills but it didn't fix it.

With sidebar-pills, when the sidebar is hidden: the left padding/margin looks better With sidebar-pills, when the sidebar is visible: The sidebar links become blue but it should be white

Is it a bug in the latest version of Backpack?

Yes

After I run composer update backpack/crud the bug... is it still there? Yes

Backpack, Laravel, PHP, DB version

Backpack: 4.1.62 Laravel: 8.76.2 PHP: 8.0 DB: MySQL 5.7

When I run php artisan backpack:version the output is:

### PHP VERSION:
PHP 8.0.7 (cli) (built: Jun  2 2021 00:41:03) ( ZTS Visual C++ 2019 x64 )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.0.7, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies

### LARAVEL VERSION:
v8.76.2@c67acfdc968f487b6235435080eef62a7e2ed055

### BACKPACK VERSION:
4.1.62@273c277e826c157ef0913962769a7ec9a44b6233

I'll also try to debug and see if I can solve it. But I also would like to report it first. This package is really great and would like to use it for my commercial projects. Thanks!

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[pxpm]

I am doing a cleanup of old issues. Sorry this didn't get prioritized at that moment.

We have revamped the whole theme system for Backpack v6 https://backpackforlaravel.com/docs/6.x/base-themes#about-1

Let us know if v6 themes brings the flexibility needed for your custom designs. 🙏

Cheers