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New Post 7/7/2008 8:40 AM
User is offline Sal Sack
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Newbie to the whole web and dotnetnuke 

I tried to upgrade my dotnetnuke site to a visual studio 2008 version. But i was recieving an error that asp.net could not access the compression.config file. So i removed the files and then ftp'ed a backup of my default site. When i run it i get the following error:

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace: 

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
   DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.SkinDefaults..ctor(SkinDefaultType DefaultType) +190
   DotNetNuke.Common.Globals.get_DefaultSkin() +31
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings.GetPortalSettings(Int32 TabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +3388
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings..ctor(Int32 tabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +76
   DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.OnBeginRequest(Object s, EventArgs e) +2783
   System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +68
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +75

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks

Sal
 
New Post 7/8/2008 4:55 PM
User is offline JK
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Re: Newbie to the whole web and dotnetnuke 

That error is caused by a missing configuration section in the file DotNetNuke.config (in your top directory).... find it and add this to the bottom of the file:

<skinningdefaults>
<skininfo folder="/DNN-Blue/" default="Horizontal Menu - Fixed Width.ascx" admindefault="Horizontal Menu - Fixed Width.ascx" />
<containerinfo folder="/DNN-Blue/" default="Image Header - Color Background.ascx" admindefault="Image Header - Color Background.ascx" />
</skinningdefaults>

That needs to be added right above the last line, the one that says:

</configuration>

JK.

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New Post 7/15/2008 4:15 PM
User is offline Sal Sack
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Re: Newbie to the whole web and dotnetnuke 

JK,

 

Thanks for the reply and that fixed the issue. Thank you for your help.

 

Sal
 
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